Texas Train Hits Semi After It Stops on Tracks

You just might have the worst luck in the world if your semi happens to stall right in the middle of some train tracks. On the other hand, if the truck driver in the video at the bottom of this article stopped on those tracks on purpose, well, what did they expect?

According to the person who posted the footage to X, nobody was injured, so I assume the driver of the truck had been able to get out of the cab before it was struck.

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Texas Train Hits Semi After It Stops on Tracks

And man, what a strike that was. A train colliding with something on its tracks is probably one of the most violent impacts you will see. A typical freight train can weigh anywhere from 3,000 to 18,000 tons or more, depending on the number of cars and the cargo, and when all that weight and force smash into something, there isn't much left afterwards.

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Transportation experts note that incidents like this serve as a reminder of the risks posed at railroad crossings, especially in rural parts of the state where trains often move at high speeds. Federal data shows that Texas has one of the highest numbers of railway crossing collisions in the country.

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