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.
