An Amtrak train hit a car in northeast Harris County, Texas, injuring an older driver and a boy around 10 or 12 years old (thought to be father and son).
The car edged just past the lowered crossbars and paid no heed to the train's horn. The train was traveling at 60 mph and struck them. It seems from the news report that the conductor later found the vehicle in some sort of body of water. Here's the local authorities on Facebook:
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Somehow, the pair survived that.
However, according to ABC13,
The Amtrak train conductor tried to assist following the crash, but was confronted by at least four alligators in the water nearby.
Because, apparently, the sound of a train dragging a ton and a half of steel and fiberglass across the tracks sounds like a dinner bell to alligators.
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Sheldon Fire Chief Sidney Webb said the alligators were four and a half to five feet long and were most likely attracted to the movement in the weeds before being scared off.
When rescuers arrived, they were able to pull the man and boy from the car, who were rushed to the hospital in critical condition.
No one on the train was injured in the crash.
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