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Video: Watch This Metra Train Slam Into A Car

By Chuck Sudo in News on Feb 18, 2014 8:25PM

We read and hear about accidents involving Metra trains and automobiles all the time. Here's an instance where a crash was caught on camera. This happened in Des Plaines Monday.

The man who captured the crash on video, Mark Macalaguin, told NBC 5 his heart was pounding as he realized the train would hit the car. Amazingly, the driver of the car escaped without injury.