BARROW COUNTY, Ga. -- A Barrow County man said he is thankful to be alive after being involved in a train accident Wednesday morning.

“I got some scratches right there and see my knees,” said Kevin McDaniel.

McDaniel told Channel 2’s Rachel Kim he only has scratches and bruises after he was hit by a Barrow County deputy’s car, which was hit by an oncoming train along Highway 29 near Winder.

"I didn't really know that I got hit until I was flying through the air and I was laying on the ground and I turned around and looked and I saw the train,” said McDaniel.

McDaniel and his girlfriend said they were trying to turn onto Highway 29 Wednesday morning when their van stalled just as they crossed over the tracks. As they were trying to push it back into the driveway, they say a deputy pulled them over.

“He’s searching us, he’s searching the van and he doesn’t find anything. He asked Kevin to show him his feet,” said McDaniel’s girlfriend, Ruth McCain.

“As I was talking to him and he was telling me to raise my feet up and check my shoes and when I did that, the car hit it and it just hit me right here and just shot me that way,” said McDaniel.

McDaniel said he was standing between his van and the deputy’s car when the train hit the deputy’s car which then struck him. The impact sent McDaniel flying through the air and off to the side. He said he never heard the train coming.

The Georgia State Patrol handled the accident and told Channel 2 the officer’s car was not directly on the tracks but was too close. The back bumper of the patrol car was knocked off by the train. The GSP also said no charges have been filed against the deputy. The officer was not injured in the accident.

McDaniel said he is angry at the deputy for pulling him over. “He just put my life in jeopardy,” he said.

Channel 2 put in a call to the Barrow County Sheriff’s Office but we have not yet heard back at the time of this writing.