---
title: "Watch a Freight Train Slam Into a Tractor-Trailer Filled With Candy"
description: "Someone call Mister Wonka and tell him there's been an incident."
date: "2017-08-10"
modified: "2017-08-11"
authors:
  - name: "Will Sabel Courtney"
    job_title: "Contributor"
    link: "https://www.thedrive.com/authors/will-sabel-courtney"
url: "https://www.thedrive.com/watch-this/13404/watch-a-freight-train-slam-into-a-tractor-trailer-filled-with-candy"
categories:
  - "News"
  - "Trucks"
  - "Watch This"
tags:
  - "candy"
  - "Crash"
  - "georgia"
  - "Train"
  - "Truck"
---

# Watch a Freight Train Slam Into a Tractor-Trailer Filled With Candy

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Talk about a sticky situation. A freight train slammed into a tractor-trailer truck that was stuck on the tracks in Locust Grove, Georgia, on Thursday morning, shattering the big rig and sending thousands of bags of candy flying into the air.

Luckily, because this is 2017 and every human being on Earth seems to have a camera phone on them at all times, a bystander named Kelli Nichols captured the moment of impact on video from the safety of a nearby car, [according to *11Alive* news](<https://www.11alive.com/news/local/train-collides-with-truck-in-henry-county/463371572>).

https://twitter.com/_/status/895726124600360961

According to [Atlanta-area news station *WSB-TV*](<https://www.wsbtv.com/news/local/henry-county/video-shows-train-slam-into-semi-truck-in-locust-grove/587482283>), Locust Grove police said no one was injured in the incident, which occurred at the intersection of Highway 42 and Bowden Street. WSB-TV reporter Richard Elliott posted on his personal Twitter that a witness said the truck's driver and a police officer closely avoided being hurt in the crash, however.

[Elliot also posted that police said the truck driver ignored a "Low Ground Clearance" sign by the railroad tracks](<https://twitter.com/RElliotWSB/status/895699722811432968>), then proceeded to get trapped in the path of the freight train. As the crossing was not legally allowed to handle trucks, police will be issuing the driver a citation, *11Alive* reports.

By around 1:20pm, the train was moving again, according to Elliot, as workers set about cleaning up the sucrotic massacre.

https://twitter.com/_/status/895696189672361984

The candy, thankfully, was nothing more than a generic brand of soft mints.

https://twitter.com/_/status/895692489079889921

## Author
Will is the former managing editor of *RIDES Magazine* and the former online editor for *0-60 Magazine*. He has worked for *Time Out New York* and *Rolling Stone*, and was the creator of *College Cars Online*, the first automotive blog specifically targeted at college students and young professionals.

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