Real life action hero:
Man survives car plunge, escapes train collision
A 23-year-old man narrowly escaped death this morning when a train crushed the car he had just got out of in the Melbourne suburb of Toorak.At 5.30am AEST the man lost control of his Ford Fairmont car and crashed over a 20 to 30 metre embankment at the end of Kooyong Road.
He was dazed but got out before a city-bound train slammed into his car crushing it almost beyond recognition.
The young man has been taken to hospital with minor injuries and police hope to interview him later.
About 20 people on the train were trapped for an hour as doors closed automatically but they and the driver escaped without injury.
WOW. Totally studly. (I liked Fark's synopsis: "Man survives car's plunge over 90 ft embankment onto railway tracks, gets out of car just before speeding train hits it, flips Darwin the bird.")
Posted by Maria at August 27, 2004 12:35 PM