Watch: CSX Train Collides With Mack Truck

An Eastern Truck and Trailer surveillance camera caught the truck and train collision that sparked an explosion in the Rosedale area Tuesday. (See accompanying video.)

The National Transportation Safety Board Wednesday touted the usefulness of surveillance and amateur video that have aided the ongoing investigation. Anyone with potentially helpful photographs or video is asked to email NTSB at Witness@NTSB.gov, in fact.

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The attached video shows both the CSX train hitting Essex resident John J. Alban Jr's Mack Granite, waste disposal truck. The train narrowly misses careening into the cab. Alban was declared in serious but stable condition at the time of the accident. The roll-off configuration at the back of the truck however, took the brunt of the 49 mph freight train's force.

At the 5:32 mark, a flash can be seen in the sky. The force from the explosion knocks down the surveillance camera and caused "substantial damage" to the Eastern Truck and Trailer building, according to an answering machine message from owner Michael Tobias Sr.

No Eastern Truck and Trailer personnel were injured, although crew members were first on the scene.

Readers can watch a collection of exclusive videos on YouTube shot by Eastern Truck and Trailer here.

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