Orlando firefighters rescue woman, car from oncoming freight train

  • Source: WKMG-TV CBS 6 Click Orlando
  • Published: 12/14/2018 06:20 AM

Orlando firefighters are being credited with helping to save a woman and her car after they got stuck on railroad tracks in downtown as a freight train approached. The rescue was captured on cellphone video by Nolan Thompson on Wednesday night. According to Orlando fire officials, people started banging on the doors to Fire Station 1 at approximately 11:20 p.m. They told firefighters a woman had driven her car down the railroad tracks next to the station, between Pine Street and Central Avenue, and she got stuck. Firefighters said they soon realized she had blown two tires, the car's frame was stuck on the tracks and a freight train was approaching the area. "We had personnel at Central Avenue flashing flashlights at the oncoming train, a freight train, coming towards them as they tried to make this very dramatic rescue," said Deputy Fire Chief Rich Wales.



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