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Train crashes into tank-like military vehicle in South Carolina: ‘Like a bomb going off’

A CSX freight train crashed into a massive, tank-like Army♔ artillery vehicle that got stuck on the tracks in South Carolina on Thursday — destroying the $1.5 million weapon on wheels, stunning video shows.

Dramatic dashcam footage shows the train slam into the howitzer — a large cannon-likeﷺ weapon used to fire at long range — that was being carried on a semi-truck in the t𝓡own of Goose Creek at 6:45 p.m.

“It felt like a bomb going off,” witness Sonya Pitt . “We were shaking inside. Our nerves we▨re just shot.”

In the harrowing video, a witness shouts, “No!” and horns can be heard blaring as the train plows into the tank — tossing it into the road and sending metal chucks flying into the air as its gun spins around after the impact.

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A train slammed into a tank-like Army vehicle that got stuck on the tracks in South Carolina. ABC7

The driver of the truck managed to hop out befꦰore the crash, Pitt said.

“He jumped out of the truck and the train was coming. And maybe five seconds later the train hit and destroyed eve🥂rything,” she said.

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The semi-truck driver managed to jump out of the vehicle before the train struck. ABC7

The military vehicle was identified as an M♈109 Paladin howitzer, worth $1.5 million, .

No injuries were reported.