Amtrak crash video

[Royk]

I missed this on the news, but thanks to the internet was able to watch it anyway!



http://up3.fastuploads.com/amtrak_crash.wmv



Roy

 

[NPloysa]

Reminds me of when football players run out onto the field and through the paper screen, like it's not even there!

 

[Rotty]

I bet the guy in the dark blue ford truck :--) also had to clean his shorts out after that... .

 

[IC Smoke]

Why didnt the driver pull ahead, he had to hear the bells and see the lights?? he could have pulled ahead into the intersection!? Oh well



I bet the trailer was scattered miles and miles down the tracks!!



Ian

 

[AfterBurner]

Holy Cow! :--)

 

[WDimig]

wow :--) that is amazing and some how funny at the same time. glad no one was seriously injured.

 

[EMD Diesel Power]

If you look closely at the video... . the driver appears to have been clear before she even STARTED across the tracks. if she wasnt, well time for a remedial english class... . owing to the Do NOT stop on tracks sign off to the right.



Also watch the gate come down on top of the cab before the sleeper... . and then she bends it off. ouch. Train did the rest of the job on the gate... . just doubled back on itself... . Im surprised the gate didnt flail back and hit the guy in the ford.



At least it was a *light load* of strawberries... . instead of the steel load that was involved in the Amtrak 59 collision at Bourbonnais IL. That one killed passengers and as far as I know, the engineer went out on disability--- really got thrown around enough to cause brain damage.



Oh... never mind... . its a shortened clip in the link above. Here is a link to the full videos--- then you can see what Im talking about!



http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2005/02/17/earlyshow/main674672.shtml



At least it wasnt a fuel tanker or other hazmat. Things like this kinda make me want to ask the driver where thier brains are at. (me having driven both big rigs and locomotives). :-{} And also everybody walked away, which is always a good thing.



Jeff