Big rig stopped on train tracks as driver asks for directions struck by oncoming train

A truck driver made it out without serious injury after parking his rig on some train tracks as he stopped to ask for directions in Indiana on Tuesday.

The accident happened on October 16th at around 4:30 p.m. in Brownsburg, Indiana.

According to Fox 59, the truck driver stopped his tractor trailer on the train tracks on the 200 block of N. Green St. as he tried to figure out directions. As he was stopped, a train came and clipped the back of the truck’s trailer, damaging the rig and spilling its load across the roadway.

Luckily, the unnamed truck driver suffered only minor injuries to his wrist and is expected to make a full recovery.

The accident forced the closure of several railroad crossings and motorists were asked to use alternate routes, but the area has since ben cleared and the roadways, reopened.


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