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TALAT - EXPLOSIVE COLLISION CAUGHT ON DASHCAM
01-30-2019
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A TERRIFYING CRASH IS CAUGHT ON CAMERA ...
AND IT'S SO COLD IN CHICAGO THEY'RE HAVING TO THAW RAILROAD TRACKS ... WITH FIRE!
COMING UP IN TODAY'S TAKE A LOOK AT THIS!

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A TEEN DRIVER IN NEW HAMPSHIRE IS LUCKY TO BE ALIVE ...
AFTER HE WAS INVOLVED IN A EXPLOSIVE HEAD-ON COLLISION THAT WAS CAUGHT ON CAMERA
JEREMY ROTH HAS TODAY'S TAKE A LOOK AT THIS.

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A WARNING, SOME VEWERS MAY FIND THIS VIDEO HARD TO WATCH
A TEENAGE DRIVER MIRACULOUSLY SURVIVED THIS TERRIFYING HEAD-ON CRASH IN NEW HAMPSHIRE
18-YEAR-OLD SAM LACHANCE'S JEEP CROSSED THE CENTER LINE AND COLLIDED WITH A TRUCK NEAR DUBLIN
MARC CRAMER'S CAMERA WAS ROLLING AS HIS VEHICLE PLOWED THROUGH THE FIERY WRECK
"it was a blessing becasue ....out of the way"
CRAMER AND HIS SON WERE ABLE TO HELP PULL THE COLLEGE FRESHMAN FROM THE CRASH
LACHANCE'S PARENTS SAY HE IS NOW RECOVERING FROM SERIOUS INJURIES AND BURNS
"The people who came rescued him .... I'm so grateful... they saved his life"
THE DRIVER OF THE TRUCK SUFFERED ONLY MINOR INJURIES AND WAS HAPPY TO HEAR THE TEEN IS RECOVERING
"i'm very thankful everyone's alive and improving"

YOU WANNA KNOW HOW YOU CAN TELL IT'S REALLY COLD OUT?
WHEN TRANSIT OFFICIALS HAVE TO SET FIRE TO THE RAILROAD TRACKS JUST TO KEEP THE TRAINS MOVING
THAT'S WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THE CHICAGO AREA, WHERE FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE CAUSING RAIL DEFECTS
OFFICIALS SAY THE EXTREME COLD SHRINKS THE METAL, CAUSING THE RAIL CONNECTIONS TO SEPARATE
FIRES ARE SET TO WARM THE METAL UNTIL IT EXPANDS, SO WORKERS CAN REPAIR THE CONNECTIONS
HEY, SOMETIMES MODERN PROBLEMS NEED MEDIEVAL SOLUTIONS!

FOR TALAT - I'M JEREMY ROTH

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SOCIAL MEDIA TRENDING VIRAL VIDEO CAUGHT ON CAMERA ACCIDENT CRASH EXPLOSION FIRE SNOW ICE COLD COOL CRAZY WEIRD KICKER

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A dashcam captures an explosive, head-on collision and the rescue of a driver involved
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