I'd heard a number of emergency vehicle sirens late last night. From their sounds I could distinguish fire, police, and ambulance sirens. I assumed it must be yet another car wreck somewhere in the area. Happens a lot. Must have been a bad one for that much activity.
I learned today that it was a wreck of sorts, just not the usual car crash sort of thing. Some bone head truck driver managed to get his rig hit by a train a few blocks from here.
Huh?
I know that crossing. It's well marked and has warning lights and bells.
The news story states that he stopped his truck "too close to the tracks" and the train hit the front end of the truck. Ok, I've been driving rigs for over 10 years. You don't stop your truck with the front end on top of railroad tracks. Period.
I suspect that he stopped for the signals, couldn't see a train due to the buildings blocking his view, and started inching forward to see if it was clear to run the signals. Bam!
The driver wasn't killed or even badly injured. Can't say the same for his truck. I'm guessing the dumbass wishes he'd rolled down the windows so he could hear that really loud train coming huh?