Dramatic video shows the moment a train smashes through truck that got stuck on the tracks - moments after the driver jumped out

  • Video shows moment truck driver was nearly killed in collision with a train 
  • Eli Mercado was driving a moving truck when it got stuck on the tracks 
  • Video shows a train smashing into and through the truck near Atlanta 
  • Mercado says he jumped to safety just a few seconds before the collision 

By Dailymail.com Reporter

Published: 20:38 EST, 17 November 2016 | Updated: 22:15 EST, 17 November 2016

A shocking video has captured the moment a man narrowly avoided being killed when a train slammed into his moving truck.

Eli Mercado was driving a truck when it got stuck on the tracks in Norcross, Georgia - about 20 miles south-west of Atlanta - and the accident took place.

Dramatic footage shows the moment a speeding train plows through the truck, sending debris flying in every direction.

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Shocking video has captured the moment a man narrowly avoided being killed when a train slammed into his moving truck

Dramatic footage shows the moment a speeding train plows into (left) and through the truck, sending debris flying in every direction (right)

Pictures taken after the accident show the family's items strewn across the tracks and nearby roads.

Mercado was moving the family's belongings from the Georgia suburb to Florida, according to WSBTV.

The driver said he stayed in the truck until the last minute to try to save the family's items.

'My wife jumped out of the truck, she's screaming at me to get out... I'm just trying to save the truck,' he told the network, before adding police officers on the scene were also telling him to abandon the vehicle.

Norcross Police Department said there were traffic delays for hours after the accident, and posted this picture on Facebook

'As soon as I jumped out of the truck, maybe four or five seconds later, the impact with the trailer, with the train with the trailer.' 

There is a 'no trucks' sign on the crossing, however Mercado did not spot it until it was too late. The GPS-device he was using said to cross the tracks. 

Mercado, who said he works as a driver, was shaken by his brush with death.

Eli Mercado, who was driving the truck with his wife, said he jumped to safety just seconds before the train hit

There is a 'no trucks' sign on the crossing, however Mercado did not spot it until it was too late. The GPS-device he was using said to cross the tracks

'The only thing I could do was ball up and cry like a little baby,' he told WSB.

'You know, because that's the way I pay my bills. That's the way I take care of my kids, my family.' 

Norcross Police Department said there were traffic delays for hours after the accident.