Car Thief Smashes Through Railroad Crossing Seconds Infront of Train

Cambridgeshire Police released footage of the high speed chase of Terence Fowler, 20, as he cheated death.Police in Peterborough had been pursuing the red Mercedes driven by Fowler after an automatic number plate recogniti...

Cambridgeshire Police released footage of the high speed chase of Terence Fowler, 20, as he cheated death.Police in Peterborough had been pursuing the red Mercedes driven by Fowler after an automatic number plate recognition camera alerted officers to it being stolen, last June.Fowler reached speeds of over 96 mph during the chase, squeezing between opposing vehicles and clipping wing mirrors as he tried to evade police.The driver then overtook a stationary line of cars waiting at a lowered rail level crossing and accelerated through both barriers.The damaged red and white barriers were strewn across the intersection as the car disappeared from view.The thief kept the car's hazard flashing lights on during the pursuit.Curiously, as he approached a roadside speed camera at more than 90 mph he veered into the other lane to avoid triggering the flash mechanism.One of the police officers can be heard on the video telling the control room of his reluctance to continue the chase."He has done the crossing, he has done the crossing!" the officer is heard to say."There is no way on this earth we are going through that."Moments later a train roars through the crossing, flinging one of the smashed barriers into the police car.Fowler was jailed for three-and-a-half years for a number of offences including dangerous driving.