A train enthusiast captured the thrilling moment a train nearly ripped a Pepsi van to pieces in Virginia.
On July 13, Bob Brown photographed a crossing gate near U.S. Route 58 in South Boston, Virginia, as a coal train approached.
The video shows the Pepsi van driving toward the intersection, then slamming on the brakes and crashing into the side of the road.hand.
The driver then bends the gate arms backwards and backs off the tracks slightly, but then appears to stop and then deliberately drive the van forward.
The van then crossed the railroad tracks and narrowly avoided being turned into twisted metal by the train.
“It's a miracle he made it,” Brown said. translation.
“Given the speed of the train and the van, I expected crumpled metal or worse, but he was fine.”
The train was eventually forced to stop due to a potentially fatal accident.
Brown posted this video FacebookIt has been viewed more than 30,000 times.
Social media commenters were astonished that the train appeared to move forward immediately after passing the crossing, after the driver had safely stopped off the tracks.
“Wow… he definitely needs to be reevaluated as a driver,” one user wrote.
“The Pepsi driver should be reported,” another person commented.
“The poor train driver probably had a stroke trying to slow down too,” another person suggested.
Tommy Cobbs, 53, was reportedly the driver of a Pepsi van. translation The report cited a Virginia State Police incident report.
Cobbs was not injured in the incident.
He was charged by police with failing to obey signs and markings, the media reported.
The crash caused $2,000 in damages, according to a Virginia State Police report.
According to the Federal Railroad Administration, more than 2,000 accidents occur at railroad crossings across the United States each year, resulting in more than 200 deaths.
