A driver who was "in a hurry" had a miraculous escape after being hit by a train at a level crossing in Samut Sakhon, Thailand, on Monday (October 7). <br /><br />CCTV shows the moment the locomotive clatters into the vehicle before pushing it forwards along the tracks in front of horrified witnesses.<br /><br />Police officers arrived at the scene to investigate and found a pickup farther down the tracks.<br /><br />Miraculously, the driver Saharat Hussakul, 37, emerged from the wreckage and told police he was ''in a hurry'' and did not see the train.<br /><br />He said: "I picked up four workers from a home nearby and was delivering them to the construction site. I was in a hurry so I did not check the light signaller slow down before driving across.''<br /><br />Police Captain Peerachat Pumtama said that the police will charge the pickup driver and question the train driver.<br /><br />The officer said: "Initially, we plan to charge the driver with driving carelessly and we will also run the test to check if he was intoxicated.<br /><br />"However, we still need more information about the incident, so we will call in the train driver."<br /><br />The four labourers who were in the truck during the crash also all survived.
