Truck Driver Narrowly Avoids Major Train Collision
A midday collision between a southbound Norfolk Southern freight train and Conway Freight tractor trailer closed Main Street for two hours on Wednesday. There were no reported injuries and Main Street was reopened at approximately 2:30pm EST.
Once the train had finally stopped and the truck driver had an opportunity to assess the location of his vehicle the implications were clear; The rear of the truck was jammed against the wall of a freight building and less than two feet separated the front of the truck from the stopped train. The driver had escaped a life-threatening accident by only the narrowest of margins.
At around noon the Conway Freight driver was attempting to back an approximately 40-foot trainer up to a building loading dock near the intersection of Main Street and the railroad. As the driver encountered difficulty negotiating the narrow service road that parallels the tracks, his truck cab became temporarily positioned over the tracks.
The vehicle’s driver fortunately saw the approaching train as he was attempting to position the truck only seconds before the impact.
“I was checking to see if I could back the truck closer to the loading dock of this building when I saw the train coming “ said the truck operator, identified only as “Donald”. “When I saw that the train was going to hit my truck I said the heck with damaging the building and jammed the trailer against the dock.”…
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