An Amtrak train collided with a semi-truck loaded with cars. The incident took place on October 15, 2021 in
Thackerville, Oklahoma, USA.  In a YouTube video, it shows a truck carrying cars crashing at a rail crossing. The video is now viral on social media. The vehicle is focused high on the railway
track. The truck could not cross the railway
track due to the heavy load. 

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Taking a
closer look, we also saw a person who was trying to give a signal to the
locomotive driver.  But, this act did not
work and the semi-truck and cars blew up due to the accident. The YouTube caption read, “Semi high
focused on railroad tracks just before Amtrak arrives.”

According to an update shared on Facebook by
Love County firefighters, five passengers aboard the Amtrak train were injured
and taken to hospital.

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In a Facebook post, Love Country
firefighters said, “Some passengers were able to call local
family and friends and be picked up at the scene, others were transported to
nearby destinations by small charter vehicles from Amtrak, and eventually it
was decided the damaged locomotive could be uncoupled and the remaining
passengers could be transported back to Ft Worth with the locomotive at the
rear of the train.”

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The video
has surprised many viewers.  Users expressed
sympathy with the truck driver for the accident.  One comment read, “I feel the pain of that
man.  Glad he and the dog weren’t
injured.  Surprised they didn’t hit the
flying debris.”

Another wrote, “You can hear the pain
that could not be stopped.  I am sorry
and pray for him.”

“How does this keep happening?  Feel sorry for the man,” wrote another person