WATCH: Train collides with tanker truck in Fort Worth

The Brief

  • A tanker truck containing beef tallow was struck by a BNSF train in Fort Worth on Wednesday afternoon after attempting to get off the train tracks.
  • Video of the incident obtained by FOX 4 shows the driver of the truck exiting the vehicle and running away from the tracks just before the train strikes it.
  • BNSF says one of their employees was taken to the hospital with injuries following the crash, and they are cooperating with local law enforcement to investigate the crash.

FORT WORTH, Texas – Dramatic video provided to FOX 4 shows the driver of a tanker truck running away seconds before a train collides with his vehicle in Fort Worth. The collision sent one person to the hospital.

Train collision in Fort Worth

What we know:

On November 11 at around 2:30 p.m., a Burlington Northern Santa Fe (BNSF) train collided with a semi-truck in the 600 block of NE 29th Street in Fort Worth.…

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