The back of a FedEx truck has been obliterated by a passenger train, narrowly missing the driver’s cabin.
Two delivery trucks were filmed on dashcam as they passed over icy tracks on a road in North Salt Lake, Utah, on Saturday.
The crossing gates were up indicating it was safe to pass and no red lights were flashing.
However as one truck cleared the tracks, a Utah Transit Authority FrontRunner carrying 82 passengers slammed into the trailer attached to the driver’s cabin.
Brown cardboard boxes were thrown through the air as the trailer was sliced in half by the sheer force of the passing train.
None of the passengers on the train, nor the driver, was seriously injured in the crash.
The Utah Transit Authority said the lights and bells fitted at the crossing were not working at the time of the incident, FOX 13 reported.
"Preliminary information indicates the gates were affected by the severe ice and snow conditions at the time and were in the default ‘down and active’ position, as they are programmed."
The incident is being investigated, while FedEx told Fox 13 it had done everything possible to minimise the impact for its customers.