A lorry driver is counting his lucky stars after this encounter with a passenger train.

The motorist came within inches of his life when he went over a level crossing while the lights were flashing.

CCTV shows how he turned at a junction on Friday morning in the Czech city of Frýdek-Místek.

If the train had been just been a few seconds earlier, the 45-year-old lorry driver would almost certainly have been killed.

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As it is, he suffered just light injuries and all 80 people on the train were unhurt.

Watch the incredible moment his trailer was obliterated by the train below – the crash is about one minute and 10 seconds into the clip.