It sounds like a scene out of a classic Mr. Magoo cartoon. A 78-year-old man drives his car onto train tracks in Oregon City. A massive locomotive barells into the sedan, smashing it from behind and driving it 2,000 feet before coming to a stop . . . and the driver walks away without a scratch.
It happened this week in Canemah, believe it or not. The 78-year-old man got his car stuck on the tracks and drove a ways looking for help. At one point he did get out of his car to find someone with a phone, but was compelled to hop back in and wait for a tow truck once help was on the way.
Unfortunately, that was about the time the Union Pacific made it’s way through Oregon City and onto the old man’s bumper. The train pushed him so far down the tracks, emergency crews had to carry the driver the length of a football field to get back to the ambulance. He went to the hospital to get checked out but apparently that was just a precaution.
