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.
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Comments
I guess the train sent him into the future?
Yea, this is what happends when stupid people go accros the tracks.. This could have been avoided easily for sure. It could have been worse.
Deserves it.
why the heck didn.t he just break the barrier….
88mph… time to go back
Wow, s….. that barrier went so late.. Here you need to wait for 30-90 seconds or something until the train comes.
How can I driver be so stupid… Crossing a closing level crossing, and stopping in the middle of it? Come on… I hope he did it on purpose, maybe to get the cargo assurance, idk
When you trying to travel in time with a train but someone parked their truck in the way.
Bilthering idiot.
“When this train reaches 88mph, your gonna see some serious sh*t”