From Boston's WCVB-TV:
A Canton, Mass., man is recovering in fair condition with back injuries after getting hit by a train in a collision that some said should have killed him.
The victim, identified as Jack Daniels, 61, of Canton, was crossing the tracks at the Canton Junction Station about 11:20 a.m. Thursday when he was hit by a northbound Amtrak Acela train heading from New York to Boston which was speeding by at 90 mph.
The train does not normally make a stop at that station.
Witnesses said the man didn't know what hit him.
"I said, 'Sir, you just got hit by a train.' He says, 'No, I didn't.' I go, 'Yes, you did,' and I put my arms around him ... and he goes, 'Where's my teeth?' and his back was ripped, all the way down," witness Dave Fortin said.
He said the man was clearly in shock and refused to lie down afterward.
"He was just looking for his teeth. His teeth were on the ground," Fortin said.
He told onlookers he tried the dangerous crossing because he wanted to get a cup of coffee at a nearby shop.
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