Video: Heroic pillion rider risks life to prevent train crash

Name: Raw Video: Train Just Misses Man on the Tracks
Uploaded: 2010-02-11
Channel: Associated Press
Description: A heroic pillion rider risks his life to prevent a train crash in Argentina. The unidentified man was waiting on the back of his friend’s motorcycle at a railway crossing when a van stalled halfway across the tracks. He then jumped off the bike, pushed the van out of the way and only just missed being hit by a train in the process. Watch the video to see his amazingly close call:

By MCN

Updated: 19 November 2014

A heroic pillion rider risks his life to prevent a train crash in Argentina.

The unidentified man was waiting on the back of his friend’s motorcycle at a railway crossing when a van stalled halfway across the tracks. He then jumped off the bike, pushed the van out of the way and only just missed being hit by a train in the process.

Watch the video to see his amazingly close call:

By MCN