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Team drivers leap from stuck semi after following GPS to train tracks

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A pair of team drivers narrowly escaped their stuck semi truck in Washigton on Saturday morning after following GPS directions over some train tracks. 

The incident ocurred on January 18th at 11:18 a.m. near Auburn, Washington on a foggy morning. 

According to WBTV, truck drivers Chris B. and Arkeen Young say they were following the GPS directions on their phones when it led them to take a wrong turn. The two then found themselves stuck between another tractor trailer and some train tracks. 

As they tried to back out of the tight spot, they realized a train was heading straight for them, and the two drivers jumped out of the truck cab with seconds to spare. 

“By the time I looked over, the train was right there, so I just jumped out. Yeah, it was real close, so I had a good three seconds to get out,” Young said.

“It was real foggy. The only thing we could see from the train was just the lights, that’s it. We couldn’t really tell how fast it was coming. I seen it coming. I don’t know how fast. I just know trains be moving,” said Chris B. “I’m like, ‘Yo, forget the truck, man. We got to get out of here, man. If he would have stayed on the truck for more than five seconds, it would have been over with.”

“As he’s running away from the truck, smack, the truck got hit. The engine literally flew out the truck like 30 feet ahead,” Chris B. said.

The train was transporting more than 150 people when it collided with the stuck tractor trailer. 

“It felt like the chair jumped forward, you know. We stopped, and then, it jolted again,” said Sam

Koek, a passenger on the train. “The entire driver’s side of the truck was just ripped out of it. It was completely on its side, shattered. There were wires sticking out of the glove compartment,” he said.

The train was delayed more than two hours as crews worked to clear the wreckage, but no injuries were reported. No further information has been released.

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