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Reporter Nearly Hit By Car While Covering Train Derailment

Talk about becoming the story.

No journalist likes seeing their name below the byline, but Alex Savidge probably cares more that he's alive.

The reporter, who works for San Francisco's KTVU, was nearly hit by a car Tuesday while reporting live on a train derailment, according to the outlet.

Savidge was standing in a 7-Eleven parking lot when the car sailed towards him.

Photographer Chip Vaughan yelled at him to get out of the way just in time — but only by chance did Savidge jump in the right direction.

Both the station and Savidge tweeted later that he and Vaughan were okay.

This isn't the first heart-stopping moment caught on live TV.

A journalist in Minnesota was reporting live on a bank robbery in December when the suspect ran through his shot.

CNN anchor Poppy Harlow, who is pregnant, also had a scary moment last year when she passed out while reporting a story.

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