Train stops just in time before hitting a dog that had been chained to the ...

Train stops just in time before hitting a dog that had been chained to the tracks after driver spots the animal and hits the brakes The shocking video shows driver stopping in the nick of time and saving the dog The scared pooch ran away after the driver freed it from the rail it was chained to The local mayor of the Chilean town said a police investigation had been started 

By James Tweedie For Mailonline

Published: 13:34 BST, 19 June 2019 | Updated: 13:53 BST, 19 June 2019

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A train driver slammed on the brakes after spotting a terrified dog chained to the tracks - and stopped just in time before getting out to help the animal.  

Video footage of the incident shows the driver of the massive orange locomotive climbing down from the cab and heading towards the panicked dog.

'How can there be people so bad, who leave little dogs tied up on the tracks,' the driver is heard to say. 

The locomotive stops mere yards from where the dog  is chained to the tracks

The locomotive driver approaches the dog that was chained to the tracks

The locomotive stops mere yards from where the dog is chained to the tracks and the driver approaches in these stills from the shocking video

'You cannot do that. I hope someday the human race changes.'

The dog, clearly terrified from what can be seen,

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