Heart-Stopping Video Captures Driver's Narrow Escape Before Train Obliterates Semi-Truck

The video shows the driver running out just seconds before train slams into his truck.

In a dramatic video filmed by Zackary Hatcher on Tuesday, a driver narrowly escapes from his stalled semi-truck moments before a train crashes into it, sending debris flying across the road in Cartersville, Georgia.

“The f–king train just hit this truck!” Hatcher exclaims in the video, before anxiously asking the truck driver, “You alright, man?” Hatcher later told Storyful that he had warned the driver about the approaching train just before the guardrails came down.

“He eventually realized what was about to happen, so at that point, I put my truck into reverse and pulled out my camera,” Hatcher recounted. “It was like slow motion when my truck was hit with all sorts of debris. It also all happens in the blink of an eye. It was a scary situation, but I’m happy everyone survived.”

The truck was totally destroyed by the train.

City of Emerson Police Department Capt. Lisa Fuller confirmed to ABC News that the train’s engineer and conductor saw the truck but couldn't stop in time to avoid the collision. “They started braking as soon as they saw the truck, but they were not able to stop in time,” Fuller said.

Following the crash, the truck’s load was scattered across the area while the train remained on the tracks. Fortunately, no injuries were reported.

Fuller added, “There have been incidents before where drivers weren’t able to get out of the vehicles.” The crossing on Old Allatoona Road, near Interstate 75 exit 283 in Bartow County, has seen multiple collisions between trains and trucks due to the layout of the road and tracks, according to Fox News.