04 March 2009

A man waits for a railroad train to pass...


A truck doesn't wait. Train hits truck, truck hits man...

The footage comes from a Turkish news station; the YouTube blurb says the man survived. (via)

Update: BBC has a video this morning showing the man awake and alert and doing fine.

5 comments:

  1. Watch the overhead view of the wreck closely. Just before the collision with the truck, it looks like the driver of the train bails out. Am I right?

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  2. There's no way that that guy survived.

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  3. Since this train was backing up, it was not the driver. But someone jumped off before the collision. And consider how it took the guys helmet off, I doubt he survived. He reacted, but not enough. If he ducked a little lower he might have had a GREAT story for the kitchen table that evening.

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  4. See my "update" in the post. The guy survived. His interview is on video at the BBC link.

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  5. I heard on CNN that not only did that guy survive, but he only had minor injuries.

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