A passenger train slammed into a car hauler trailer that was stuck on railroad tracks in Hollywood, Florida, on April 12.
Alexander Quintero recorded this video while waiting at a stop light a the intersection of Dixie Highway and Washington Street. Quintero told Storyful he spotted the truck as the driver was attempting to cross the tracks.
“He tried to continue going forward and I noticed his wheels started to spin and he was not moving at all,” Quintero said. “I realized that he was stuck on the railroad. I looked on my mirror and I noticed the light of the train coming behind me, that is when I thought something was about to happen.”
Quintero said that was when took his phone out and started recording.
“The train was going fast and he was using the horn and the truck was not moving until the train crashed [into] the trailer and split it in half,” he said.
According to local news reports, the operator of the high-speed passenger train, Brightline, released the following statement: “A car carrier was stopped on the tracks. No injuries to crew or passengers. Service suspended between [Fort Lauderdale] and Miami (only) while PD and Brightline’s team work to clear the scene, and that effort is being affected by the weather.”
Brightline resumed normal operations as of around 8am local time on Thursday, according to a Facebook post.
Storyful has reached out to Brightline and the Hollywood Police Department for comment.
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Florida Man learns what "Right of Way" means.
Unreal.
It doesn't take a genius to understand that your trailers going to get stuck on the tracks on that incline… they make anybody a truck driver these days… here's an idea if you're bad at driving trucks don't drive them.
I just keep thinking what the car haluers boss is going to do. ☠
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Sorry boss my salary plz😢😢😢😢
Nice
Sa batage
Train should have mechanical ability to reduce and stop, reduce speed
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Typical….
Florida should not exist
Hopefully no one hurt 😮
Wow, wow, wow, wow…..limited vocab
Passengers gonna be delayed for sure😮😮
Idiot trucker!
All those downed live wires in the rain- make any escape hazardous!
That was only satisfying
Florida man.!! 😂😂😂
florida suks people can't drive and the place is always under water..
WOOWWWWWW SO COOL WOWWWWWW 😂
That'll buff out
Job opening for CDL car hauler.
train vs cars:
Round 1:
Que lindo 😊
Now he will only be paid for 50% of his cargo.
Stay away from downed electric lines. They can be live and, in water, deadly.
Someone's getting the sack
Who Stops on railway
It is so difficult to place a camera on the pass so the train driver can see in time to be able to avoid this accident? Come on,USA, even some african train operators have this…..
what you mean I'm not getting paid 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Technology has let me down !!! This shouldn’t ever happen willingly with laser warnings ahead! $$$$$
At least all the worst drivers are taken care of slowly for each crash that happens, those which were the driver’s intentional fault of course, accidents shouldn’t happen of course.
The railway is not even electrified so what’s keeping the turk driver from start the engine again?
Bro your driving into the water with an open power line down lmao big doofus move right there
The truck driver should be put to death. He/she should have known better that nor rigs are allowed to cross the railroad.
BMW X7 and Range are now available as a convertible coupé
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Sepertinya tabrakan itu kurang kerassss🤣🤣🤣