Watch moment idiot driver gets van SMASHED by train after trying to skip barriers at level crossing

THIS is the heart-stopping moment when a train smashed into a van on a busy level crossing after it got stuck behind the closing barrier.

While the driver had a lucky escape in the terrifying scene, his car was wrecked in collision.

Jaw-dropping CCTV footage of the incident was captured at a level crossing in Poland .

It shows an Opel delivery van trying to make its way through the gap at the last moment.

But the barriers descend before the van can make it to the other side of the crossing, trapping the vehicle on the tracks.

The driver frantically tries to get out of the fraught situation before the train arrives .

The clip shows the van trying its best to manoeuvre in the tight space so the train might not hit the vehicle .

But before the driver can fully move the van off