Car is pulled off the tracks after being crushed by train at crossing from watermelon crush Watch Video

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✓ Published: 02-May-2024

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Footage shows the moment a car was pulled off the tracks after being crushed by a train at a crossing. <br/><br/>The black Suzuki SUV was removed after it was hit by the 0908 train from Saltburn to Nunthorpe, near Redcar Central station, on May 1. <br/><br/>The crumpled bonnet of the car can be seen barely hanging on – with the front bumper dragging along the ground. <br/><br/>Network Rail staff were on scene to clear the area.<br/><br/>Passerby Stanley Binns, 75 - who captured the footage - said: “I took the video from the top of a supermarket car park which overlooks the crossing. <br/><br/>“The accident had already happened, people told me it happened about an hour before. <br/><br/>“They reckoned the crossing light wasn’t working and the driver drove on and the train hit the side of it. <br/><br/>“When I got there you could see the end of the train sticking out.” <br/><br/>Karen Duffy, Operations Director for Network Rail's North & East route, said: \