California firefighter pulls driver from stalled truck seconds before commuter train hits

Calif. firefighter saves driver before train hits

OXNARD, Calif. — A California firefighter has pulled a trapped driver from his disabled pickup just seconds before a commuter train slammed into the truck.

An Oxnard Fire Department spokeswoman says the pickup wound up on the tracks after colliding with a sport utility vehicle. At about 5:30 a.m. Thursday, a firefighter was inside the pickup trying to free the driver, and another firefighter was outside the vehicle.

Then the rail signals started flashing and crossing guards dropped down over the accident scene.

The spokeswoman says the firefighters freed the driver just seconds before the train hit. No one on the train was hurt. Ambulances took the injured SUV driver and pickup driver to a hospital. Their injuries were not life threatening.