Watch: A train in Tennessee slammed into an 18-wheeler carrying a 130-foot concrete beam and it went about as well as you'd think it would

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Daniel Payne

Dec 21, 2022

Hard to imagine a more perfect confluence of disastrous factors than this:

Another angle:

The aftermath:

Thankfully, nobody appeared seriously hurt:

Three locomotives and 10 railroad cars derailed, and two Norfolk Southern Train employees were hospitalized with minor injuries, according to Hamilton County officials. News outlets report the truck driver wasn't injured.

When you're driving a massive trailer, err outside of the train tracks, not inside them.