Brush With Death: Jesse James and Son in Amtrak Train Wreck

by Tina Kells | August 13, 2009 at 12:49 pm

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Jesse James and his 11-year old son were passengers in an Amtrak train that collided with a semi. The semi had stopped on the tracks and the train, unable to stop in time, crashed right through it. The truck had been hauling a load of tomatoes which left a huge mess on the tracks, but luckily none of the 279 people on the train were hurt.

Jesse James posted photos and comments about the train wreck on his twitter account.

Jesse and his 11-year-old son were among 279 passengers on the choo-choo as it rolled through Monterey County, California -- when it suddenly plowed through the semi which was inconveniently stopped on the tracks.

Amtrak and the California Highway Patrol confirmed no one was hurt in the ketchup-creating crash ... which would have made for some really, really awesome video.

James posted photos of the wreckage on his Twitter page, saying "This trip is turning out to be a real train wreck ... train was going 70 mph, good thing the truck wasn't Peterbuilt. Would have been Tragic."