A yard jockey and a train conductor both jumped from their vehicles moments before a collision on a roal road crossing in Fort Worth on Wednesday. The collision occurred on November 11th near 601 NE 29th Street in Diamond Hills, Fort Worth, Texas at about 2:40 p.m. According to KCTV5, the tanker truck got stuck on the railroad crossing while hooked up to a yard tractor and loaded with beef tallow. When the driver realized the train was coming and he was not going to make the crossing in time, he jumped from the truck and ran straight towards an onlooker filming the incident. In the background, another person can be seen doing a roll off of the train. Police report that this person was one of the train conductors. BNSF has confirmed that one of their employees was taken to a hospital with injuries in stable condition. A video of the bail out can be seen below. The post Yard dog, train conductor both bail before railroad crossing collision appeared first on CDLLife.
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