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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 ...

Never see. >> the truck driver starts inching forward but it's too little too late. pieces of the truck fly towards the camera. >> i was scared. i didn't know if something was going to hit me or anything. i was just hoping that i was out of harm's 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 didn't 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 doesn't stop him ...

Side of the tracks and checks on the truck driver. >> he said he was okay. he didn't 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 doesn't stop him from watching trains with his dad and recording them. >> to this day, i'm still videoing trains. i've always enjoyed doing it and it's the first time i've seen something like that bad happen, thankfully. coming up, the construction of a new baseball stadium comes to a halt. >> you don't expect to see one of the most destructive accidents we've ...

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 everybody's 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 that's a tragedy. >> congressman, we want to jump in because we confirmed the one fatality in this incident. we are obviously told that t...

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