If Your Car Parts Are Late, This Dramatic Truck Vs Train Smash Genuinely Might Be Why

When a FedEx delivery truck drives onto a railway crossing, there's no warning that a train is approaching. But it is, and a police car's dash-cam filmed the collision
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When you’re about to cross a railway it’s good to know that it’s clear, safe and there are no trains approaching to wipe you off the face of the earth.

In an extremely snowy North Salt Lake, Utah, this level crossing gave a FedEx truck driver no warning at all of the rapidly-approaching double-decker FrontRunner passenger train cutting 90 degrees across his path.

A police car was in the right place at the right time to inadvertently film the terrifying crash as the train T-bones the helpless parcel truck, rips the trailer away from the cab and sends bits of its cargo scattering like grains of sand.

If Your Car Parts Are Late, This Dramatic Truck Vs Train Smash Genuinely Might Be Why

Bizarrely, another huge FedEx truck had passed over the crossing in the opposite direction just a moment before, totally conning us into thinking it would be the one to get hit, until… choo, choo!

To add insult to injury, the lights and barriers on the crossing helpfully activated a full 30 seconds after the impact.

Local and national US news outlets have confirmed that no one, thankfully, was seriously hurt. If the truck had have arrived on the scene just a few seconds later, the end result would have been much worse.

Anyway, if you live in Utah and your car parts are late, now you know why.

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Comments

Lane_5.0

well i have a Mustang keychain piece on the way from China and its already taken over a month so this may not help

01/25/2017 - 16:07 |
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Even the keychains can’t escape crashes.

01/25/2017 - 17:41 |
3 | 0

Don’t you think you’re forcing that joke just a little too much?

01/25/2017 - 19:26 |
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The_Import_Kid

Now this is some SMASHING news.

01/25/2017 - 16:08 |
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Anonymous

Railway signaling brought to you by:

01/25/2017 - 16:08 |
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Roadster / Tail Red

In reply to by Anonymous (not verified)

Internet Explorer

01/25/2017 - 16:16 |
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Anonymous

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comment of the week EZ

01/25/2017 - 22:25 |
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Miles Davis

In reply to by Anonymous (not verified)

Donald Trumps new transportation secretary.

01/26/2017 - 20:53 |
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eXoZGaming

In reply to by Anonymous (not verified)

i can sense a comment of the week

02/14/2017 - 19:02 |
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Anonymous

When Internet Explorer does signalling……

01/25/2017 - 16:12 |
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Gonzalo Farias

choo choo mother f*cker

01/25/2017 - 16:25 |
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Tihawaii

I have minibike engine parts from OMB warehouse I ordered a month ago….

01/25/2017 - 16:26 |
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Anonymous

Still waiting…

01/25/2017 - 16:36 |
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Joe Tahan

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your parts are now being delivered by way of train

01/25/2017 - 18:10 |
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Rybaru

Still faster shipping than UPS

01/25/2017 - 16:39 |
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Anonymous

To be fair. It’s Fedex. They’re always late.

01/25/2017 - 16:48 |
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vwdieselgate

Was maldonado driving that train?

01/25/2017 - 17:28 |
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