Septic Truck Tries To Beat A Train, Train Wins

A man is in the hospital with life-threatening injuries after his truck collided with a train in Virginia Thursday afternoon.

The truck, a septic tanker truck, was trying to get across some train tracks before a train came through, but grossly misjudged the speed of the train, causing a massive explosion of the septic tank's contents around the crash scene.

Police described it as "a minor fuel-related hazmat situation" and said there was no immediate danger to the public.

Preliminary investigations (likely based on the video below) found that the driver failed to stop at a posted stop sign right before the collision happened.

A spokesperson for Norfolk Southern said the incident happened around 4:46 p.m. involving a vehicle and an eastbound train at the Yadkin Road crossing at milepost N9.9 in Chesapeake. No one on the train’s crew was injured, according to Norfolk Southern.

The photos and video are wild. Be sure to check out the full thing below.

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