Video: Truck torn apart by two trains in Kazakhstan

A truck driver was unsuccessfully attempting to stop his vehicle on the icy road, just before a rail crossing.  The truck slid towards the crossing and was ripped apart by two trains, coming from opposite directions,  killing the truck driver.

The horrific accident was caught on a CCTV camera, between the "Kondratovka" and "Petropavlovsk" stations on the South Urals Railway.  Initially, the driver was able to avoid a major collision with the first cargo train.  However, it hooked on to his truck and dragged it for several meters, turning the truck around and causing a head on collision with a passenger train coming from the other direction.

Both trains were partially derailed, including four empty freight cars on the cargo train, and three cars of the passenger train.  The truck driver was the only casualty.

At least 14 dead from huge oil tanker explosion in Saudi Arabia

At least 14 people are dead and around 60 more were injured when an oil tanker exploded east of the capital Riyadh in Saudi Arabia. 

The oil truck tanker is reported to have exploded in a traffic accident under a concrete flyover east of Riyadh, the capital of Saudi Arabia. 

 Al Arabiya correspondent Khalid al-Matrafi reported that the blast occurred near one of the capital city's transport arteries, at a junction on Khurays Road, damaging neighboring cars and houses in the explosion.  

It is feared that the death toll could rise as it took several hours for firefighters to extinguish the blaze. Columns of smoke were seen rising from the area. 

 Speaking on condition of anonymity, as they are not authorized to speak to the media, civil defense officials said that, based on witness accounts, there was no immediate suspicion of terrorist links.

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