This is the shocking moment a drunk driver crashed into a train speeding through a level crossing in Taiwan.

Motorist Lin Nan survived but told police he had been drinking the night before and woke up to go out and buy breakfast in Hualien County on this morning, August 21.

However, he did not see the oncoming passenger train that was carrying 370 passengers as it thundered along the tracks through the village of Jiamin at 6:42 am.

CCTV captured Lin smashing through the red and wite barrier before driving straight into a white carriage on Taroko train 401.

Lin's car was flung to the side of the tracks and he suffered minor injuries. Firemen from the Hualien County Fire Department took him to the local hospital.

All of the passengers onboard the locomotive were uninjured. The train was delayed for more than 120 minutes while the damage was repaired.

Police officers said that Lin had a blood alcohol content of 0.30 mg/dL, which is twice the legal limit in Taiwan. He was detained for alleged drunk driving and putting members of the public in danger.

The Hualien Branch of the Railway Police Bureau said in a statement: ‘Officers received a report at 6:46 am that a car had collided with a train at the level crossing in Jiamin Village on the North Circuit of the Taiwan Railway.

‘When the Taroko train going north was passing the level crossing in Jiamin Village, Xincheng Township, Hualien County, a white car suddenly crossed the level crossing from the mountain side of the level crossing and directly hit the Taroko Ziqiang train passing the level crossing.

'The third carriage was damaged, but the 370 passengers on board were all safe.

‘We urge people not to drive after drinking. We must also remind drivers to be careful when crossing level crossings, and to always yield to trains.'

The Taiwan Railways Administration sent another train to connect with the delayed train and continue northward. The damaged train was taken to the maintenance yard for repairs.

Officials are now investigating the incident.