Local teen sprints to the police station to warn the police of an unconscious driver parked on the railroad tracks.

·         80-year old Francois Truffaunt passes out in car on local train tracks and a local teen races to the police station to warn the police of the incident before the train came.

·         Took place in Old Orchard Beach, Maine. Truffaunt is from Quebec City

·         Afghan 17 years old lived in Old Orchard Beach 3 years. Waiter at Eezy Breezy

·         He is fine now doesn’t remember anything. Believed to of had insulin shock

James Laboke a local teen is named a hero after busting through the doors of a police station to warn the police of an elderly man passed out and stalled on railroad tracks just over 100 yards away.

                Francois Truffaunt a tourist from Quebec City who has been coming to Old Orchard Beach since childhood passed out in his car on the railroad tracks earlier today. When Laboke spotted him on his way to work just before 6 a.m. When the call went out Janet Paradiso, a captain on the town police force was just over a mile away and raced to the scene.

                Paradiso arrived to the scene at 6:05 and could hear the train whistle right on schedule. The train passes through Old Orchard Beach every day at 6:10. Paradiso had to think fast and rammer her police cruiser into Truffaut’s 1987 pink Cadillac Seville and pushed it off the tracks. Thirty seconds later the train flew by around 40 miles per hour. “It was close,” said Brian Paul the chief of police in Old Orchard Beach.

                The Downeaster a passenger train operated by Amtrak that runs from Portland, ME to Boston. During the summer it passes through Old Orchard Beach and the first train of the day heads southbound and passes through Old Orchard Beach at 6:10 a.m.

                Laboke is an Afghan refugee who moved to Old Orchard Beach three years ago and was on his way to his job, which he walks four miles every morning, at the Eezy Breezy. Laboke was hired by Charles Champaigne about eight months ago and has been one of Champaigne’s most responsible employees.

                Laboke reported to work right on time and never said a word about the incident. And when Champaigne learned later he said, “It doesn’t surprise me at all. That young man is one of my most responsible employees. He’s just a great kid.

                When Laboke was asked what happened he replied, “I never thought about it. I just knew I couldn’t let that man get crushed by a train.”

                It is believed that Truffaunt had gone into insulin shock due to him being a diabetic. When asked what happened he just responded, “I don’t remember a thing.”