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Poland: van hit by train on level crossing.
9.8.2025 (Saturday) 05:20 - All running AOK
 
Poland: van hit by train on level crossing.
Posted by infoman at 02:04, 8th August 2025
 
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14976113/Van-obliterated-high-speed-train-driver-gets-caught-trying-jump-red-light-YOU-simple-way-escaped.html#:~:text=A%20van%20was%20obliterated%20by%20a%20high-speed%20train,van%20tried%20to%20speed%20over%20the%20train%20tracks

Re: Poland: van hit by train on level crossing - 6 August 2025
Posted by Chris from Nailsea at 06:48, 8th August 2025
 
With thanks for your posting that news item, infoman, I can offer a simplified link to that Daily Mail article here.

Re: Poland: van hit by train on level crossing.
Posted by matth1j at 08:29, 8th August 2025
 
Or a Telegraph link, without having to watch the advert before the video (and slightly less sensationalist ):
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/gift/e318c04a3fd23776

Re: Poland: van hit by train on level crossing.
Posted by matth1j at 08:35, 8th August 2025
 
Or a Telegraph link...
although you can't knock the Mail's comments - "Hope the locomotive wasn't too badly damaged. Looks like an EU07, which are a locally built version of the earlier EU06, built by English Electric and based on the Class 83" (ChrisCooper - forum member?)

Re: Poland: van hit by train on level crossing.
Posted by TaplowGreen at 17:13, 8th August 2025
 
Thankfully the van driver survived.

Re: Poland: van hit by train on level crossing.
Posted by Chris from Nailsea at 17:34, 8th August 2025
 
The van didn't. 

 
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