Two Metra trains hit van in Hinsdale, Illinois

[Amtrak1194]

The Engineers definitely got the evenings off lol

FRA rules consist of a paid vacation day if involved in a collision with an auto. If the collision is fatal there are investigations filed and the Engineer has paid vacation and covered councelling costs.

[101MTA]

Carfax report: slight damage to fender...great "flaming" paint.

[railfanstreator94]

If the trains could talk they'd probably be saying stuff like "Okay here is some of this van for me and here is some for you" LOL

[Casper1563]

wow! the guy at 0:13 just escape his van in time

[BongTokinStoner]

Anyone else think this train is the ghost train from Hey! Arnold?

[xrecon815]

0:48 is that chuck norris,or the human torch? no,its CHUCK NORRIS! lol

[polishprincess991]

First Train Hit- Bad Luck

Second Train Hit- God hates this person

[SittingMooseShaman]

... insurance adjuster:

"Merry Christmas?"

[gecx6000]

first train: hit it once nothing only dents.

second train: fire,fire! where's the fire truck?

[bonnevillessei]

EB train....aye WB, theres a car on the tracks...im about to hit it hard....BAM! I hit it! uh oh, its in your path now....

WB, i bet i can hit it harder than you....look at ur left mirror....here it go...POW, BOOOOOMM!!!! see, i told you i can hit it harder than you!

EB...so?!

[KazzRacer]

Oh man, VERY lucky nobody was in that van, the second train that hit the van would have incinerated anyone inside, or even nearby!

[TrainTrackTrav]

"Uh, honey, I just totaled the van."

"HOW?!"

"It got hit by two trains. I'm gonna be late for dinner."

"..."

[27526]

holly shit ! thats amazing !!!

[nickstowell]

great balls of fire..lol

[migkiller001]

LOL, can you imagin being on the second train? Flames streaking past the window...nothing special...haha.

[jimmydcap]

Talk about the old 1-2 punch OUCH!!

[villevalo4ever666]

i hate trains enough, now i saw thiss.. yeah i hate them more. scaredd to deathh of themm.

[VillageIdiotPro]

why? trains are about the safest forms of transpotation. the chances of a train getting into a wreck are slim. there are more fatal car accendents then train accendents.

[master7chief]

That van got raped!

I wish we could have all trains, including freight trains, haul in butt through town like that...assuming there are no tight curves. With all that momentum you could save tones of diesel fuel & get the cargo or people to a destination sooner.

Ever seen the brakes on an Amtrak train? They have 2 enormous disk brakes(rotor brakes) per axle. Yes they are rotor brakes & not the type that push a brake shoe against the wheel. I have seen some Amtrak trains equip with both.

[johnsonkill16]

HOLY SHIT!!!!

[bonnevillessei]

the passengers on the trian like...."WTF"?

[mccaffey123]

emergancy brakes dumbass

[tombstoner79]

Hell I didn't even see the first train hit the van until I watched it about 5 times.

[tombstoner79]

That is so AWESOME! That fire! Wow!

[Jerryman1980]

That almost looked like the Dolorian in Back to the Future

[thingstodoat]

how could the 2nd train stop that fast?

[F40PHR231]

The 2nd train probably saw the first train hit the van and had time to apply emergency brakes. Yeah it still hit the van, but at least not at top speed.

[lethalbanana1]

There is a stop right after this intersection so it wasn't going as fast as the first train, plus the first train was on the main line, whereas the second one was just the commuter metra which doesn't go as fast

[turntablesihs008]

Car $20,000

Insurance $800

Gas $2.10 a gallon

Watching this car get destroyed Priceless

For everyone else this is entertainment

[mt90945557]

@turntablesihs008 haha, in Hinsdale, gas is like $3.10 now!

[mt90945557]

and in Chicago it's like $3.30 =/

[turntablesihs008]

@mt90945557 Did you even notice that the post that I posted was over a year ago?

[mt90945557]

@turntablesihs008 yes i did

[thingstodoat]

why is there fire from 0:49 to 0:51

[Dusty754]

The fire is most likely gasoline and oil from what was left of the van. It is somewhat comical that the first train took the van away and the second train brought it back.

[pfriverrat]

It was the boomarang effect.lol

[Lehigh702]

A fire was in that train crash lol.

[redeem2000]

i was there when it happened the guy guy was drunk luckily for him he was out of his car my dad's car was on the other side of the tracks and i was held up to boy scout meet

[blondie198l]

wow i live like 5 blocks away from that train station...i remember hearing all about this last year

[TheDoctor342]

Welcome to "Times when hitting something twice is overkill" Seriously though, you see video of a car getting hit once by a train, but twice ? That thing must have looked like the metal equivalent of a twizzler both in size and shape.

[Espeelover]

hah wow.

[jayjayjay]

toot toot here comes the hell train!

[ColdChilli]

I take this train every day to work

[jossef12]

Final Destination 04?

[proix]

damn ! you're lucky!!!!! 2 trains less then 60 seconds that's crazy. I hope you wrote what god gave you

[cujojpn]

Actually the person got out of the van before the first train even hit.

[blaine369]

dude, i totally drive thru hinsdale every freekin day and the one damn day i dont, some crazy awesome crap happens like this! no one was hurt so that makes this an "ok to be funny" situation.

[phd007]

for me, the funny part is that the tail of the last wagon of the second train stops exactly at the spot where the van was hit by the first train. there must be something underneath those tracks right there.