Train smashes car on railroad in Flagstaff

Train smashes car on railroad in Flagstaff – Several just NARROWLY escaped being crushed by a train passing through Flagstaff today, making for a scary Christmas Eve. And, the whole thing was caught on video!

At around lunch time, near Route 66 and Ponderosa Parkway, a car had slowed to a rolling stop on the railroad tracks. They did this right as the railroad crossing arms started coming down. Once the people inside the car saw the train headed toward them they jumped out and bolted away from the trapped car. We imagine they cleaned their underwear afterwards.

In the video hosted on Fox News’ YouTube channel, you can see the folks getting away from the car and the crash. Witnesses reported that a previous train had passed, so the cars drove up to the crosswalk, then the arms came down again and another train passed in another direction. Holy Train Wreck Bat Man!!!

One of the witnesses stated: “There are three sets of tracks there, I believe, one train had went through westbound without incident, then the crossing arms went up, and the lights went off. Traffic began to move forward, but the light at Route 66 was red. There is only enough room for two cars between the stop line and the tracks. But there were probably 3 or four cars stacked up in each lane. There were actually more cars that had pulled onto the tracks, but were able to back up when they saw the gates coming down again. That gray car to the left was under the gate when it came down. So yes, the gates came back down for an eastbound train just a few seconds after the first train had passed.”

Flagstaff Fire says a person was treated for an injury but is OK.