A freight train slammed into a tractor trailer on Thursday morning in the city of Haverstraw, New York..The truck, which was carrying titanium piping to a nearby plant, got stuck on the train tracks at around 9:30 a.m. on Thursday. The driver was able to exit the vehicle and get a safe distance away before the train struck.. Train vs. semiTrain vs. semi ."The load he had on was quite heavy, and just the contour of the road, the bed of the tractor trailer got stuck," said Haverstraw Police Capt. John Gould.."It kind of scraped, which made him stop, and he was in the process of trying to figure out his way to get himself off. But unfortunately for him the train was coming at that time.".A cleanup will take several hours, but there were no injuries in the crash. An investigation is ongoing. .There has been a focus on train derailments in North America ever since a one carrying toxic chemicals derailed near East Palestine, OH. .READ MORE: EXCLUSIVE: Local farmers downplay impacts of Ohio train derailment, but anxieties remain
