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Frightening video footage showing people risking their lives at level crossings has been released as a rail company launches its summer safety campaign. The clips include a young couple making a last-second dash from one side of the tracks to the other and only avoiding getting hit by inches, a man dicing with death with his dog, a truck getting trapped between the safety barriers and two cyclists crashing head-on in the middle of the tracks as they both try to avoid having to wait. In the past year, Network Rail says there have been five near misses at level crossings in Gillingham, 11 in Bax…

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