A train has narrowly missed two teens after they crashed their e-bike into the barrier at a level crossing.
The pair slammed into the boom and spilled onto the tracks.
Dashcam footage showed the teens scrambling to pull the fatbike clear as the locomotive approached at speed.
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One teen ran away in fear as the train passed.
The near-miss happened in Alkmaar, the Netherlands, just before 5pm on Tuesday (8 Sep).
A waiting motorist filmed the smash.
The closed barrier was wrecked and fell onto the rails.
The train then hit the broken gate.
Both girls walked away unhurt.
The crossing was cleared after the train struck the boom.
The driver was also uninjured, but received emotional support and ended his shift early.
A spokesperson for the Dutch national railway Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS) said: “The driver and the girls got away with a fright, but this could of course have ended much worse.”
Crossing a closed barrier is “really life-threatening,” the rail firm said.
“If you don’t wait or don’t pay attention, it can cost you your life.”
The spokesman added that such scares can leave drivers with psychological after-effects.
The track operator ProRail is investigating.
They said they want to recover the repair bill from the two riders.
It is not yet clear whether police will file a complaint.
This is the second smash at the same Alkmaar crossing this year.
In March, a fatbike rider also hit a closed gate and the barrier struck a passing train, as reported by creatorzine.com.
Nobody was hurt that time either.
Fatbikes are heavy electric bikes popular with teenagers in the Netherlands.
They can reach high speeds and have been linked to a string of crossing crashes.
ProRail has urged road users to stay alert at level crossings.
Investigators are studying the dashcam clip and the wrecked barrier.
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