[Daily Mail, where America gets its news] Heart-stopping moment Amtrak train slams into semi-truck car hauler at Oklahoma railroad crossing - sending cars flying and leaving five people injured
- On Friday Amtrak Train 822 was passing by Thackerville when it slammed into a car hauler tractor trailer that got stuck on the track
- Officials said the tracks the tractor trailer got stuck on were built up higher at that crossing and the weight of all the cars on the trailer held the vehicle down
- Footage captured the Amtrak train honking it's horns before it slams at full speed into the truck sending cars and debris flying into the air
- Miraculously, the driver of the tractor trailer and his dog were not injured, just 'shaken up' following the collision
- According to the Love County Fire Department, five passengers from the train were treated at local hospitals for non-critical injuries
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