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.
Growing up on a diet of World Rally Championship highlights and lengthy Gran Turismo 2 sessions, a life in cars was as good as inevitable for Matt.
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It was at this moment sondaj knew he f**ked up
rip in pepperoni fgt, dumbass thinks hes driving a fiat
The conductor be like
Goddamn use the metric system already, then it would be more dramatic hehehe
kills 3 people
gets MAYBE 10 years
What?
Absolute moron
i really hope he gets 10 years, maybe they can dig up something else and give him life.
i don’t get how people can end on the train tracks like that, the big signs and warning lights are there for a reason
Wow, moron. His stupidity killed people…
I’d say Darwin award, but that means the truck driver should’ve died…
Any way, his stupidity is on the same level!