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Watch: Train slams into semi carrying military tank

By FOX TV Digital Team
Published  September 15, 2024 9:13am CDT
South Carolina
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Train collides with semi carrying military tank

Dramatic video shows the moment a train slammed into a semi truck that was carrying a military tank in Goose Creek, South Carolina.

GOOSE CREEK, S.C. - A freight train collided with a semi in dramatic fashion after the driver got stuck on the tracks while trying to go around a railroad crossing gate in South Carolina.

According to the Goose Creek Police Department, the truck had what they referred to as a "low boy" trailer and was carrying a U.S. military M109 howitzer when it got stuck at the crossing at around 12:30 pm.

The driver had tried to maneuver around the railroad crossing barriers that were lowered to stop traffic while the train passed. The crash caused damage to the railroad crossing gate and appeared to destroy the military tank.

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Video by Kayla Shepherd shows the truck driver jump out of the driver seat and run away from the railroad crossing about five seconds before the train struck the semi.  

There were no injuries reported, and the driver of the truck refused treatment, reports said.