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Video: Girl Sticks Head Out Window, Just Misses Oncoming Train

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YAHOO.COM - A video that appears to show a smiling train passenger narrowly miss being hit by an oncoming train while sticking her head out the window is making the rounds online.

In a harrowing, 30-second video, the girl—identified as Carissa—is encouraged by a fellow to stick her head out the moving train for a photo and video shot from a window a few seats away.

She does, removing her sunglasses and turning her head before the oncoming train sends her tumbling backward.

"Oh my god!" she exclaims, collapsing in a mix of terror and giggles.

"Are you OK?" the male passenger who shot the video asks. click here to read more

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