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It will be a long time before an official investigation announces the official cause, but in the meantime, I would hope that the news media could report the facts that were obvious to anyone seeing the crash.  In one news report, they said that the truck hit was following a lead truck that was also carrying veterans in the same setup.  A driver following another driver always poses the prospect of distraction and risk taking.  The risk is that the following driver will lose the lead driver. How fast was the train moving?  How fast was the truck moving?  Did the truck enter the crossing when it was clear, and then fail to clear the crossing before the train activated the signals?  Did the truck go around the lowered gate and enter the crossing?  From scant photographic evidence, it appears to me that the train was moving no faster than 30 mph, and just barely caught the rear end of the trailer.
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