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Going to hit me or anything. i was just hoping that i was out of harms way. >> he was stunned. >> i was like, holy cow, this just happened. >> his father was on the other side of the tracks and checks on the truck driver. >> i seen the truck driver. he said he was okay. he didnt have a lot to say at the time. i recon he was trying to figure out what happened. >> the train engineer is also unharmed. the heart-stopping incident doesnt stop him from watching trains with his dad and recording them. ...

Moments before impact and almost misses the collision. >> i heard the whistle blowing and i spun around and caught it just at that instant. i kind of had a sinking feeling because i thought, oh, man, this guy could be dead. >> the train engineer and conductor check on the truck driver. he survives. rescue workers arrive quickly and take him to the hospital. hes released the next day. >> he was fortunate that the train wasnt going any faster. it could have been much worse. >> and in the southeast...

It hit in the trailer and it kind of scooted down the trailer and then it was pushing on the cab. and then it knocked down signal s. rocks were flying everywhere. >> mark skaggs lives in town and videos trains for a hobby. hes recording a different train moments before impact and almost misses the collision. >> i heard the whistle blowing and i spun around and caught it just at that instant. i kind of had a sinking feeling because i thought, oh, man, this guy could be dead. >> the train engineer...

Captured something i thought id never see. >> the truck driver starts inching forward but its too little too late. pieces of the truck fly towards the camera. >> i was scared. i didnt know if something was going to hit me or anything. i was just hoping that i was out of harms way. >> he was stunned. >> i was like, holy cow, this just happened. >> his father was on the other side of the tracks and checks on the truck driver. have any seen the truck driver and asked him if he was okay, but he didn...

Videos trains for a hobby. hes recording a different train moments before impact and almost misses the collision. >> i heard the whistle blowing and i spun around and caught it just at that instant. i kind of had a sinking feeling because i thought, oh, man, this guy could be dead. >> the train engineer and conductor check on the truck driver. he survives. rescue workers arrive quickly and take him to the hospital. hes released the next day. >> he was fortunate that the train wasnt going any fas...

I kind of had a sinking feeling because i thought, oh, man, this guy could be dead. >> the train engineer and conductor check on the truck driver. he survives. rescue workers arrive quickly and take him to the hospital. hes released the next day. >> he was fortunate that the train wasnt going any faster. it could have been much worse. >> and in the southeastern united states, another train enthusiast gets the shock of a lifetime. november 21st, 2007, salisbury, north carolina. a tractor-trailer ...

Never see. >> the truck driver starts inching forward but its too little too late. pieces of the truck fly towards the camera. >> i was scared. i didnt know if something was going to hit me or anything. i was just hoping that i was out of harms way. >> he was stunned. >> i was like, holy cow, this just happened. >> his father was on the other side of the tracks and checks on the truck driver. >> he said he was okay. he didnt have a lot to say at the time. i recon he was trying to figure out what...

Side of the tracks and checks on the truck driver. >> he said he was okay. he didnt have a lot to say at the time. i recon he was trying to figure out what happened. >> the train engineer is also unharmed. the heart-stopping incident doesnt stop him from watching trains with his dad and recording them. >> to this day, im still videoing trains. ive always enjoyed doing it and its the first time ive seen something like that bad happen, thankfully. coming up, the construction of a new baseball st...

Train collision. but it was like when you are in your car and you run into something just for a second, there was the inertia where people kept moving forward. just the look that everybodys face we knew immediately something had happened. but and then one lady actually said she saw one of the bodies on the ground flying from the impact of the truck. certainly our prayers and thoughts are with those people. as far as getting to retreat, loss of life any time thats a tragedy. >> congressman, we wa...

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