A DRIVER escaped death by inches when the front of his £40,000 Range Rover was torn off by a train on a level crossing.
Steve Kennedy-Smith, 63, was trying to reverse after straying on to tracks.
Steve Kennedy-Smith, 63, escaped death by inches when the front of his £40,000 Range Rover was torn off by a train on a level crossing[/caption]
The impact was captured by a security camera on the train — carrying 100 passengers from Norwich to Sheringham, Norfolk — as it passed Great Plumstead.
The court heard how the driver of the Greater Anglia service from Norwich to Sheringham became aware of a “vehicle poking through onto the lines” at the crossing.
He sounded his horn and applied the emergency brakes but was unable to avoid the collision at around 7.20pm on July 17 last year.
The train suffered a “limited amount of damage” in July last year and passengers continued their journeys by bus.
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Kennedy-Smth of Neatishead, Norfolk, had driven off by the time firefighters arrived, despite the damage to his car.
Kennedy-Smith denied dangerous driving, but was found guilty at Norwich magistrates’ court.
He got a suspended six-week jail term, was banned from the road for a year and ordered to do 140 hours of unpaid work.
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