A wild scene was caught on camera as a freight train struck a semi-trailer in Minnesota last week, sending grain flying in all directions.
According to the Brown County Sheriff’s Office, the crash occurred Friday afternoon when a semi-truck attempted to make a right turn into a business off of U.S. Highway 14 in Sleepy Eye, Minnesota.
When the truck attempted to make the right turn, it went across a railroad crossing, where it was hit by an oncoming Canadian Pacific Kansas City Railroad train, according to police. A dashboard camera from a Brown County Sheriff’s Office deputy was able to capture the violent impact, showing grain spilling all over the roadway.
A photo from the Brown County Sheriff’s Office shows a trailer that was sheared in half by a freight train in Minnesota.
The force of the impact split the grain trailer in half, and the locomotive sustained damage …