Video captures a freight train colliding with a septic truck at a Virginia railroad crossing, leaving the driver with life-threatening injuries.
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Chipotle amid ongoing efforts to stop juvenile crimeKT McFarland on Trump's China trade deals, Taiwan tensionsTrain in Virginia slams into septic truck A bystander captured the moment an oncoming train smashed into a septic truck as it was crossing the tracks in Virginia. . Video of the crash taken by a bystander shows the septic truck crossing the railroad tracks just as the oncoming Norfolk Southern train T-boned the vehicle.
"Preliminary findings indicate that the truck failed to stop at a posted stop sign prior to the collision," the police department said in a Facebook post. "This incident remains under active investigation. " Azuriah O’Daniel, who filmed the collision, told WAVY-TV that the train conductor used a loud horn to warn the truck driver of the oncoming locomotive. "I don't think a lot of people realize they're not cars.
They don't have rubber tires," O'Daniel said.
"It's steel rails with steel wheels. When you grind those two together, that's instant sparks.
"The tank of the septic truck separated from the main cabin and spewed onto the road after it was struck crossing the train tracks. Authorities have not yet released his identity. No one on the train was injured, Norfolk Southern told Fox News Digital. The train appeared to smash through the tank on the back of the septic truck as it crossed the tracks.
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