Train cuts car in half — but driver walks away

But there's a downside too: He's
arrested on suspicion of drunken
driving
PACOIMA, Calif. — A motorist fell
asleep while his car was stopped on
railroad tracks Thursday — but
survived uninjured when a Union
Pacific cargo train cut his vehicle in
half.
The collision occurred at 1:15 a.m. at
the track crossing on San Fernando
Road and Branford Street, the Los
Angeles Times reported.
The driver, an elderly man, was
uninjured but was arrested on
suspicion of drunk driving, Sgt. Dave
Mascarenas of the Los Angeles Police
Department Valley Traffic division told
the newspaper.
The man drove his Hyundai Sonata
past the caution arm of the tracks. A
59-car train struck the car and ripped
it in half, leaving the driver in the rear
part, Mascarenas said.
The force of the accident caused the
tracks underneath the train to bend
and buckle all the way to its
destination in Sylmar, he said.