MELBOURNE, Fla. (WSVN) — Cellphone video captured the moment of impact, when a freight train slammed right into a semi-truck that stalled on the tracks in Melbourne, prompting the driver to act fast to get out of the way.

Thursday morning’s collision along the tracks at U.S. 1 and Lake Washington Road left drivers in shock.

Witness Melissa Katz captured video of the crash.

“I saw the [truck driver] struggling. He stopped on the tracks, and he couldn’t get it to move,” she said. “He tried starting it, and it was, like, stalling. It was, like, shaking back and forth.”

As the seconds ticked away, Katz said, the truck driver’s struggle was terrifying to see.

“Not even 30 seconds after that, the train levers came down, and then that’s when we were all really scared,” she said. “Everyone st

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