Driver escapes before train smashes into truck in TX

The Texas Department of Public Safety was investigating a fatal crash in Odessa involving multiple vehicles, followed by train collision, on Wednesday, April 19, local officials said. Footage posted to Facebook by the City of Odessa shows a speeding train collide with a pickup truck after a deadly road crash near West Murphy Street. The road crash involved a minivan and pickup truck. “As a result, the truck ended up on the train tracks and was hit by the train,” the city said, adding that the person inside the truck was able to escape before it was hit. One person in the minivan died, the city said. Credit: Odessa Fire Rescue via Storyful