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Terrifying moment 18-year-old woman's car is obliterated on railway as she sits in it suffering medical emergency

California Post·Bianca Heyward·about 1 month ago
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A California woman is counting her lucky stars after her SUV was violently struck by a train—with dramatic video showing the car being torn apart in the collision. The 18-year-old, who has not been named, had stopped at a railroad crossing in Bakersfield Friday, but then her car began creeping forward on to the tracks just as a train barreled toward her. Seconds later, disaster struck. The incident happened on Friday morning on Edison Hwy near Highway 184. Video from the scene shows the locomotive plowing straight into the SUV, ripping it apart in a violent explosion of metal and debris that left bystanders fearing the worst. “I just saw a car start inching slowly and they kind of hit the guard rail and I was like oh that’s not good,” witness Blake Blanton told local outlets, recalling how he immediately started honking and told his wife, Allie Cardoza, to call 911. Blanton didn’t think twice before springing into action. “That’s someone’s daughter in there,” he said.…

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