Watch as robbery suspects miss oncoming train by a SECOND during police chase

A pair of robbers narrowly escaped almost certain death when they sped past an oncoming train during a high-speed police chase in Auburn, Washington.

Hair-raising dashcam footage released by Auburn Police showed the moment the suspects, travelling at more than 120mph in a silver Cadillac, raced towards a rail crossing intersecting the main road.

The crossing barriers were fully extended and the train was trundling towards the road, but the robbers refused to stop and instead slammed the pedal to the metal, risking their lives to escape the cops in hot pursuit.

The robbers smashed through the crossing barrier and hurtled towards the tracks. 

For a split second it looked as though the huge train was going to T-bone the tiny vehicle but the robbers flew over the intersection - passing the front of the train by mere inches - and sped off down the road in a scene taken right out of a Hollywood action movie.

Incredible dashcam footage showed a silver Cadillac speeding at up to 120mph towards an oncoming train at a rail crossing

The car flew over the intersection, lifting all four wheels off the ground and missing the oncoming train by mere inches

The car then sped off past a stationary police car as the pursuing cops were left stuck behind the train

The robbery happened on the afternoon of February 9 at Coastal Farm and Ranch supply store in Auburn.

Auburn PD officer Kolby Crossley said: 'We got a call from one of the employees saying, ''Hey, the suspect just ran out the emergency exit door, they threatened me with a gun''.'

He said officers in the area were notified of the robbery and minutes later a police car on patrol spotted the suspects speeding towards them at 15th Street Southwest and Perimeter Road.

'The train was coming, so (the pursuing officers) obviously stopped. But then here comes our suspect vehicle flying over the train tracks, hitting the crossing arms, and barely – and I mean barely missing the train,' Crossley said.

'It could've been an absolute disaster.'

The suspects managed to successfully flee the police caught behind the train and later abandoned the car roughly three miles away.

The armed robber was taken into custody by police after he was found hiding in a tree but the getaway driver (pictured) is still on the run

He was seen fleeing on security camera footage wearing a white t-shirt and blue jeans, with short black hair and what appeared to be a tattoo on the inside of his right forearm

The passenger - who cops said was the armed robber that bystanders reported to 911 - hid in a nearby tree and after two hours of negotiations with police ultimately descended and was taken into custody without issue. 

Auburn resident Kay Schley told local outlet KIRO7 that she saw that suspect in her neighbor's backyard.

'I looked out and I noticed he's climbing the tree,' she said. Schley called 911 and says shortly after, a big police presence had him surrounded.

The robbery suspect was identified as Adam Louis Haskins, 30, and carried an extensive rap sheet which included multiple counts of theft, residential burglary, robbery in the second degree, and assault.

Haskins is now being held at Auburn's King County jail on a $100,000 bond.

The getaway driver however, whose incredible stunt saw him successfully escape the pursuing officers, remains on the run and his whereabouts are unknown.

Surveillance photos released by Auburn PD showed the man fleeing the scene on foot. 

He wore a white t-shirt, blue jeans, with short dark hair and appeared to have a tattoo on the inside of his right forearm.