--- title: Video: Man Almost Gets Hit By Train description: Your heart might stop for a little canonical: https://time.com/29145/terrifying-video-shows-man-inches-away-from-being-hit-by-speeding-train/ author: Laura Stampler article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-03-18T18:43:06.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:07:55.182Z og:title: Watch a man barely escape getting hit by a train og:description: Your heart might stop for a little og:url: https://time.com/29145/terrifying-video-shows-man-inches-away-from-being-hit-by-speeding-train/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Watch a man barely escape getting hit by a train twitter:description: Your heart might stop for a little twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Terrifying Video Shows Man Inches Away From Being Hit By Speeding Train by [Laura Stampler](https://time.com/author/laura-stampler/) ## Laura Stampler Mar 18, 2014 6:43 PM UTC by [Laura Stampler](https://time.com/author/laura-stampler/) ## Laura Stampler Mar 18, 2014 6:43 PM UTC A man was literally inches away from being hit by a speeding commuter train in Northern California when he [decided to ignore the warning bells and dash across the train tracks](http://www.cbsnews.com/news/heart-stopping-near-miss-with-train-in-california-caught-on-video/). Caltrain posted the heart-stopping video, captured by surveillance video at the Redwood City stop, to emphasize the importance of taking safety precautions. Apparently this lucky soul also ruined everyone else’s commuting schedules that day, since every near miss — and this was _definitely_ a near miss — has to be investigated. \[[CBS News](http://www.cbsnews.com/news/heart-stopping-near-miss-with-train-in-california-caught-on-video/)\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/29145/terrifying-video-shows-man-inches-away-from-being-hit-by-speeding-train/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/29145/terrifying-video-shows-man-inches-away-from-being-hit-by-speeding-train/"},"headline":"Terrifying Video Shows Man Inches Away From Being Hit By Speeding Train","datePublished":"2014-03-18T18:43:06.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:07:55.182Z","description":"Your heart might stop for a little","url":"https://time.com/29145/terrifying-video-shows-man-inches-away-from-being-hit-by-speeding-train/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Transportation","Accident","safety"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Laura Stampler","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/laura-stampler/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/29145/terrifying-video-shows-man-inches-away-from-being-hit-by-speeding-train/","name":"Terrifying Video Shows Man Inches Away From Being Hit By Speeding Train"}}]}] ```