11/30/2025
Train Slams Into Stalled Semi-Truck as Driver Sprints Away in Heart-Stopping Escape Caught on Video
Amarillo, Texas – November 26, 2025
A dramatic near-tragedy unfolded on a rural railroad crossing when a semi-truck stalled on the tracks and the driver escaped on foot mere seconds before a freight train obliterated the cab — an intense moment captured on cellphone video by a bystander.
The footage begins with the semi straddling the tracks at an awkward angle, its front wheels stuck as the crossing lights flash red and the warning bells ring. The truck driver, wearing a high-visibility yellow jacket, frantically inspects the undercarriage, shouting to nearby workers that the truck won’t move.
In the background, the distant horn of an approaching train grows louder.
A bystander filming urges the driver to run. The camera shakes as tension builds — the crossing signals are blaring, the ground is humming, and the massive locomotive’s headlights soon appear around the bend.
The driver hesitates for one last desperate tug on the door handle, then realizes there’s nothing more he can do.
He sprints.
The video captures him running full speed toward the camera, arms pumping, boots slipping on gravel. Just as he clears the center of the tracks, the train roars into the frame.
Impact.
The locomotive slams into the semi’s cab with an explosive crunch, tearing the truck apart and sending debris flying across the road. The force shoves what remains of the truck hundreds of feet down the tracks in a shower of sparks, dust, and twisted metal.
The shockwave nearly knocks the person filming off balance. Gasps and shouts erupt from the small crowd gathered nearby, several of them running forward to check if the driver is safe.
Miraculously, he is.
Shaken and breathing hard, the driver collapses to his knees beside the bystander, just yards from where the collision happened. Witnesses later said he escaped by less than three seconds.
Authorities say the semi experienced a mechanical failure while attempting to cross the uneven rural tracks — a rare but extremely dangerous scenario. Thanks to the driver’s last-second sprint, no fatalities occurred. This video is created using AI, and the story is for your entertainment.
