‘When life gives you pears…’: Viral video of Dutch freight train crash with pear truck takes over X, Reddit and TikTok

It looked like a scene straight out of a slapstick movie with a freight train tearing through a truck piled high with pears but for the residents near the Dutch town of Waalwijk, the so-called “Fruit Flight” was all too real. According to local reports and footage shared online, a freight train rammed into a truck carrying crates of fresh pears, after it became stuck on the railway tracks. The collision scattered hundreds of kilos of fruit across the countryside, creating a bizarre yet mesmerising spectacle of a moving train cutting through a cloud of flying pears. Authorities confirmed that five people sustained minor injuries in the accident. The local safety authority said the truck was attempting to cross when the warning lights began flashing and within moments, the train hit at f