A screenshot of the video which captured a train ploughing into an abandoned vehicle.
A train driver ran into an abandoned car at a railway crossing as she was travelling towards Amanzimtoti at Umgababa in KwaZulu-Natal yesterday morning, South Coast Sun reports.
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Video footage released by Blue Security’s Andreas Mathios shows the train hitting a stationary Mitsubishi Pajero SUV.
While details of the incident are not yet known, Mathios said Umkomaas police were investigating a case of car theft. Police responded to the scene.
Watch the video:
No injuries were reported. The vehicle appears to have been jostled by the train, although it remained on its wheels on the track by the time the train stopped against it.
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