An Amtrak train has collided with a low-bed trailer carrying a demolition excavator.
A truck driver had a lucky escape when the truck-trailer with which he was hauling a demolition excavator became trapped on a level crossing and was struck by an oncoming Amtrak train in Mebane, North Carolina.
Witnesses said a flat bed truck was hauling a large excavator used for construction when it got stuck on the tracks as the crossing arms came down.
“He was trying to disconnect his trailer because the train was coming, the gates were coming down,” said witness Danny Eldred.
Alamance law enforcement says the driver tried to dislodge the truck, it may have had mechanical problem before it hit the track.
The truck driver was able to get out before the engine of Amtrak train 73 – The Piedmont – slammed into the truck. Authorities said the driver was Barry Lazaro of Wake Forest, owner of Lazaro Demolition and Contracting.
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