Man Found Unconscious on Train Tracks

Francois Truffaut, an 80-year-old Canadian tourist, was found unconscious behind the wheel of his car that was stalled on the train tracks in Old Orchard Beach, Maine at 6 a.m.
An Amtrak train runs through Old Orchard Beach every morning at 6:10 a.m at an average speed of 40 miles per hour.
James Laboke, 17, found Truffaut and ran 100 yards to the police station to inform them of the incident.
Captain Janet Paradiso of the town police force was almost a mile away from the scene when she heard the news come over her police radio. Arriving with five minutes until the Amtrak was scheduled to come through town Captain Paradiso drove her police cruiser full speed into Truffaut's car, pushing it safely off the tracks. "I knew there was no time. I had to do something." Records show that thirty seconds after the car was off the tracks, the train came through town.
Francois Truffaut was taken to the Southern Maine Medical Center where he remains in stable condition. He revealed that he was a diabetic and does not remember anything leading up to or the incident itself.
According to the police, Truffaut could have had an insulin shot before reaching the train tracks which may have caused him to become unconscious.