Man Survives Being Run Over by a Train While Sleeping Near Tracks: Watch the Harrowing Footage

Mar. 15, 2025

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Tello “fell asleep along the train tracks and did not feel the train coming,” Avalos added.

Seconds later, as bright lights appear behind the man, and just as he begins to lift his head, the cargo train can be seen moving in the man’s direction before making direct contact with him. After briefly dragging him around, the man in the video then stumbles off the tracks.

Multiple witnesses — including someone with a hard hat and a flashlight, and another person who appeared to be driving a passing vehicle — can then be seen checking on the individual, who eventually was able to stand up on his own.

“The train knocked him over but through some miracle did not kill him,” Avalos told theAFP,per Yahoo News.

The local security official added that the train was en route to the Peruvian Andes and stopped quickly after hitting the individual, who reportedly only suffered injuries to his left arm. Al Jazeera reported that the victim had “minor hand injuries.”

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Before that, in May, four people died and over 30 others were injured following a collision between a passenger bus and a cargo train in central Peru, theAssociated Pressreported at the time.

The crash took place in the district of La Oroya, 110 miles east of Lima, per the AP.

source: people.com