Page 2 - Freight Train Plows News Today : Breaking News, Live Updates & Top Stories | Vimarsana

November 21st, 2007, salisbury, north carolina. a tractor-trailer is slowly crossing the railroad tracks when a freight train plows right into it. >> the train hit the trailer pretty much dead center in the middle of the trailer. >> the train shears off the rear axle. >> it went through the air like a frisbee. stuff was going everywhere. >> the massive collision is caught on camera by benjamin, who also videotapes trains as a hobby. he inherited his love of trains from his father who, in turn, got it from his dad. >> when i was small, my father and grandfather would take me to the train tracks...

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. he's released the next day. >> he was fortunate that the train wasn't going any faster. it could have been much worse. >> and in the southeastern united states, another train enthusiast gets the shot of a lifetime. november 21st, 2007, sali...

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. he's released the next day. >> he was fortunate that the train wasn't 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 is slowly crossing the railroad tracks when a freight train plows right into it. >> the train hit ...

When a freight train plows right into it. >> the train hit the trailer pretty much dead center in the middle of the trailer. >> the train shears off the rear axle. >> it went through the air like a frisbee. stuff was going everywhere. >> the massive collision is caught on camera by benjamin, who also videotapes trains as a hobby. he inherited his love of trains from his father who, in turn, got it from his dad. >> when i was small, my father and grandfather would take me to the train tracks in greensboro and once he started getting a little bigger and we started going outside the tracks and wa...