NBC Washington has a truly ghastly photo of a car impaled by a train crossing gate after it was struck by a Brunswick Line train in Rockville last night. According to the report, 25-year-old Cemile Valencia was stuck on the crossing when the train passed through; despite efforts to force the car in front of her forward, she wasn’t able to drive off the tracks in time.

The Wheaton resident sustained serious injuries, but she is said to be recovering at Washington Hospital Center, with no negative repercussions for her pregnancy. No one on the train was injured. Staring down an oncoming train must have been terrifying enough, but the crossing gate that sliced from the back windshield through the front windshield, nearly hitting the driver’s head — that’s the kind of thing you pay $10 to see some other unfortunate experience in a Final Destination sequel.

In other news that proves truth is stranger than sequels, Montgomery County Fire and Rescue spokesperson Pete Piringer told ABC7, “Usually when it’s a train versus a car the train usually wins.” Please tell me he was talking about a Decepticon.