Talk about being lucky

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - July 6, 2011

He suffered only cuts and bruises after he was run over by a train.

According to a TV station, the teen told police he had been drinking at a music festival when he blacked out Sunday night. Two railroad engineers told the police they spotted something between the rails just before 11 p.m. When they realized it was a person, they slammed on the emergency brake.

The engine and first car rolled over the teen before the train came to a stop.

Police said boy was taken to a hospital with cuts to the back of his head and a bruise on his thigh.

He may have escaped serious injury -- but he hasn't escaped a trespassing charge.

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