Jaw-dropping dashcam footage has emerged of a harrowing accident through which an Amazon supply driver had his van torn in half by a dashing prepare and miraculously survived.
Alexander Evans’ accident occurred on his thirty third birthday, simply earlier than Thanksgiving 2021, as he was coming round a blind flip throughout a railroad observe in Ixonia, WI. The crossing has no security methods in place to alert commuters to approaching trains.
As a result of he’s deaf in a single ear, Evans didn’t hear the prepare beep its horn. He didn’t even notice he was in peril till it was too late, and he advised WISN that he may solely speed up to get as far-off from the prepare as doable. His plan miraculously labored, with the dashing prepare shearing his automobile in half simply behind the entrance seats. The accident was well-documented on the time, with information stories that includes unbelievable views of the wreckage.
Now, over two years after the terrifying incident, wild dashcam footage has emerged which sees the second of affect from Evans’ cab. It reveals the motive force turning onto the tracks earlier than seeing the prepare and shortly accelerating. Evans flinches because the locomotive passes by the again of his van, then shakes his head in disbelief as he realizes he’s protected.
On the time of the accident, Evans reiterated that he couldn’t imagine he had survived the accident. “Yesterday I actually nearly misplaced my life,” the husband and father of two wrote on Fb on Nov. 22, 2021. “I’m actually nonetheless in shock.”
In interviews, Evans pushed for some type of gentle or sign to be put in on the crossing as a matter of public security. A consultant for the City of Ixonia confirmed to Males’s Journal that there’s nonetheless no sign on the crossing.
“There’s no manner the city of Ixonia may afford to place a sign there,” the consultant mentioned. “And if we put a sign there, we now have not less than two, if not three, different intersections with the identical type of setup” that may additionally require indicators, she defined.
The City of Ixonia referred Males’s Journal to Canadian Pacific Railway (CPKC) for a extra detailed rationalization as to why no stops have been put in on the crossing, however CPKC didn’t instantly return a request for remark.
