By Shawn Henry 
It was sheer dumb luck and a cop’s lightning-fast reflexes that kept two folks from becoming train-track statistics. A beat-up red jalopy, limp from a lost wheel, almost got nailed right on the crossing. You could practically hear fate’s stopwatch ticking.
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The video showed the whole thing go down like some high-stakes action flick. The car crawled onto the tracks, barely moving, then—bam—the front left wheel bolts it. Popped clean off like a drunk at closing time. Driver nailed the brakes; occupants bailed. But there they were, stranded, wrestling with two tons of useless metal as the train barreled closer.
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Enter Officer Hustle. This guy didn’t just jog—he moved, shoving the runaway wheel aside like yesterday’s garbage before throwing his weight into the shove-fest. Three against physics. And somehow, with grunts and grit, they muscled that wreck just far enough.
Not seconds later? Rails rattled. Steel screamed past.
Close call? Try heart-stopping. The car’s not moving any time soon, but hey—skin intact. Lesson? Disaster doesn’t ring the doorbell. It kicks the door down. And sometimes? A stranger’s grit is all that stands between “almost” and “oh god.”