A lorry driver is counting his lucky stars after this encounter with a passenger train. <br /> <br />The motorist came within inches of his life when he went over a level crossing while the lights were flashing. <br /> <br />CCTV shows how he turned at a junction on Friday morning in the Czech city of Frýdek-Místek. <br /> <br />If the train had been just been a few seconds earlier, the 45-year-old lorry driver would almost certainly have been killed. <br /> <br />MORE: Asbo farmer was so bad even her lawyer called her a ‘disagreeable old trout’ <br /> <br />As it is, he suffered just light injuries and all 80 people on the train were unhurt. <br /> <br />Watch the incredible moment his trailer was obliterated by the train below – the crash is about one minute and 10 seconds into the clip.