Man Escapes Train Crash – When He’s Hit By Another Train
Posted August 12, 2008 12:00 pm.
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They say the cure is worse than the disease, but for one Dutch man, the two were exactly the same.
The driver had been crossing a pair of train tracks south of Amsterdam when he was struck by an eastbound train. He was dragged for a terrifying several dozen metres until he was freed – by the impact of a westbound train.
The blast knocked him off the rails and into safety.
The 59-year-old was taken to hospital in critical but stable condition.
And, it’s assumed, a plan to make sure his recovery doesn’t go off the rails.
