a railroad crossing in maple ridge, british columbia, a canadian logging town about an hour outside of vancouver is a known danger zone for truckers. i am going to say there are probably four or five hits in the 25 years that i ve worked here. kirk works at walden forest products, a lumber company right near the ryll road crossing where 20 commuter and freight trains barrel through each day. most of these trains are going between 80 and 100 kilometers an hour, which is between 50 and 60 miles an hour. on july 25, 2008, one of walden s security cameras catches a tractor trailer pulling up to the railroad crossing just as the gates are going down. i could see the train coming around the corner and the train must have been doing about 55 miles per hour. ian woodruff is driving a tractor-trailer right behind the one on the tracks and watches as
and we all knew instantly what had happened. kirk naggy runs to the accident scene fearing the worst. i came running out and thought i was going to see something pretty bad inside the truck. he finds the driver walking around physically okay but badly shaken. the driver looked like he had just been transported from another place in time. he was in a daze. he was quiet. he looked like he knew he could have been killed. the train didn t hit the cab. it hit the last axle on the tractor, on the truck. and just spun it around. and that s what saved that guy s life. the massive collision is a learning experience for truck drivers who view the dramatic footage and especially for the one who sees it firsthand. every time i cross that train track crossing, i think of that day. other train crossings, i slow down, i stop, and i make sure there s nobody coming. [ horn ]
a railroad crossing in maple ridge, british columbia, a canadian logging town about an hour outside of vancouver is a known danger zone for truckers. i am going to say there are probably four or five hits in the 25 years that i ve worked here. kirk works at a lumber company right near the railroad crossing where 20 commuter and freight trains barrel through each day. most of these trains are going between 80 and 100 kilometers an hour, which is between 50 and 60 miles an hour. on july 25th, 2008, one of walden s security cameras captures a tractor-trailer pulling up to the railroad crossing just as the gates are going down. i could see the train coming
the noise of it was like a sonic boom. employees at the lumber store hear the collision. just all of a sudden, bang, and we all knew instantly what had happened. kirk naggy runs to the accident scene fearing the worst. came running out and thought i was going to see something pretty bad inside the truck. he finds the driver walking around physically okay but badly shaken. the driver looked like he had just been transported from another place in time. he was in a daze. he was quiet. he looked like he knew he could have been killed. the train didn t hit the cab. it hit the last axle on the tractor, on the truck. and just spun it around. and that s what saved that guy s life. the massive collision is a learning experience for truck drivers who view the dramatic footage and especially for the one who sees it firsthand. every time i cross that train track crossing, i think of that day.
just all of a sudden, bang, and we all knew instantly what had happened. kirk naggy runs to the accident scene fearing the worst. came running out and thought i was going to see something pretty bad inside the truck. he finds the driver walking around physically okay but badly shaken. the driver looked like he had just been transported from another place in time. he was in a daze. he was quiet. he looked like he knew he could have been killed. the train didn t hit the cab. it hit the last axle on the tractor, on the truck. and just spun it around. and that s what saved that guy s life. the massive collision is a learning experience for truck drivers who view the dramatic footage and especially for the one who sees it firsthand. every time i cross that train track crossing, i think of that day. other train crossings, i slow down, i stop, and i make sure there s nobody coming. [ horn ]