Holy Crap, This Passenger Train Totally Obliterated a FedEx Truck

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Damn. In a terrifying accident in Utah, a FrontRunner train crashed into a FedEx truck and basically shredded its trailer into pieces, sending boxes flying everywhere. Thankfully (and impressively), there were no serious injuries in the crash, as it seemed the train busted through the softest part of the FedEx truck.

As you can see in the dash cam video below, the railroad crossing wasnā€™t active as the train was bellowing its way down the tracks. The gates werenā€™t down and the lights werenā€™t flashing, so you canā€™t exactly blame the truck driver for moving forward. Supposedly, the railroad crossing system is supposed to automatically default to a ā€œdown and activeā€ position when thereā€™s a power outage or no signal (and the snow definitely messed with the system), but itā€™s clear that didnā€™t happen. Officials are currently investigating the situation to make sure it doesnā€™t happen again. Letā€™s hope so.

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[The Salt Lake Tribune]

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