This Speeding Train Sliced Through A Truck Like It Was Made Of Paper

This horrific crash happened last July just up the line from Studénka train station in the Czech Republic. The truck driver - Polish national Slawomir Sondaj - ignored both visual and audible warnings of the approaching train when crossing onto the track, leaving him ‘trapped’ between the barriers. However, the accident could have been avoided by him simply driving through the barriers, which are designed to be easily breakable. Instead, he merely moved the lorry forward slightly to keep the cab clear of the tracks.

This saved Sondaj’s life, but as the a train hit the trailer at 88mph - the driver having braked from 99mph upon seeing the obstruction - part of the lorry’s cargo of aluminium sheeting penetrated the leading carriage, causing three deaths and 17 injuries, as well as significant damage to Studénka station.

Sondaj was completely unharmed, but now faces anything up to 10 years in prison for public endangerment.