Man Survives Truck, Train Crash

1. Idil
   March 6th, 2009 at 12:09 pm

   Haha well in Turkey we have a terrible road system, so we're used to narrowly escaping things. At least the reflexes definitely are increased.

2. Idil
   March 6th, 2009 at 12:11 pm

   Oh sorry. I commented before watching the video...I thought he was in a car. woops.

3. Evilbeagle
   March 6th, 2009 at 12:29 pm

   This might be the fourth time I have seen this video, and though I know he's survived, it still makes me cringe.

4. Johnny Cat
   March 6th, 2009 at 1:01 pm

   I love how his hardhat goes flying.

5. Neslock
   March 6th, 2009 at 1:17 pm

   "used to narrowly escaping things" made me laugh, Idil. Gives me this image of Turkish pedestrians walking around with this nervous look on their faces all the time, looking from side to side for the next huge piece of machinery coming their way.

6. Gail Pink
   March 6th, 2009 at 2:21 pm

   Unbelievable! Glad he made it out alive!

7. Mackenzie
   March 6th, 2009 at 2:37 pm

   I saw this video on liveleak.com labeled as Instant Death. The impact speed alone would have broke his neck.

8. Alex
   March 6th, 2009 at 2:37 pm

   That's one really lucky guy! Amazing how there's no warning light or anything at the train crossing.

9. Martin
   March 6th, 2009 at 2:42 pm

   This is the kind of news I like to see, the sort of thing that generally gets hidden away in the back of a newspaper because he didn't die.

10. Screen Sleuth
    March 6th, 2009 at 2:48 pm

    Wow...I woulda never gone back to that job again. What the hell happened? Wasn't there some type of organized signal system?

11. Chandrielle
    March 6th, 2009 at 4:53 pm

    There isn't enough D: in the world to describe my face.

12. Idil
    March 6th, 2009 at 8:49 pm

    Neslock,
    the pedestrians are fine because it's the drivers that have good reflexes, so they narrowly avoid people and other cars... haha

13. Chad Cloman
    March 6th, 2009 at 11:49 pm

    That hardhat may have saved his life, or at least prevented some serious damage when the lorry hit him in the head.

14. Guy
    March 7th, 2009 at 1:18 am

    What in the world was he doing standing right next to the tracks with a train coming that he must have seen/heard? It doesn't make any sense, unless he was looking to end it all.

15. Ali S.
    March 7th, 2009 at 11:34 pm

    @ Guy

    From what I've read on the interwebs, apparently, this guy was watching to make sure no trucks got in the way of the train...but the truck that we do see apparently had no driver in it and the culprit maybe a faulty handbrake.

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