In what was a near-tragedy, a freight train plowed into a truck that got stuck on a set of railroad tracks in New York — and a bit of quick-thinking just moments before impact may have saved the driver’s life
The officer came racing up Route 9W, and could hear the train behind him. He got there just in time to get the driver out of the cab of the truck.
Seconds later, the locomotive came plowing through, cutting the trailer in half before the engineer could bring it to a stop up the tracks. Fortunately, neither the driver nor the train crew was injured. There's a history of crashes at the particular Rockland County railroad crossing — but why? A nearby sign tells it all: There is low ground clearance because of the steep grade of the street going up to the tracks.
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