Texas Train Crash - Train hits truck grounded on crossing

[Trevatanus]

awful accident, but it gets weird when you realise that the truck had been grounded on the crossing for 45 minutes, ample time to contact the train surely?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HXByVVh20NY

[2xChevrons]

Trevatanus said:

awful accident, but it gets weird when you realise that the truck had been grounded on the crossing for 45 minutes, ample time to contact the train surely?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HXByVVh20NY

Are you sure about that?

"After reviewing the surveillance video, NTSB investigators determined that the truck hauling heavy equipment on a hydraulic platform trailer was on the grade crossing for just one minute before it was struck by the Union Pacific freight train."

Truck was on grade crossing for just over a minute before fatal Texas accident, NTSB says

[MitchT]

A lot of initial information suggested it had been there for 45 minutes. If it was one minute then that's relatively new information. Perhaps drivers with any kind of abnormal load should stop and contact the signaller when they arrive at a crossing and establish that there is plenty of time before the next train to report an issue if they get stuck.

[fttm]

Oversize loads have a set route determined by the permit issued by DOT , they also follow a pilot car . So many mistakes here as anyone hauling a lowboy(type of trailer) will know they can get hooked on rail crossings so should be well aware of the hazard. Was this complacency? There’s a phone number on every crossing to call the line operator directly should a situation arise so 45 minutes seems a bit extreme.

[Simpo Two]

fttm said:

There’s a phone number on every crossing to call the line operator directly should a situation arise so 45 minutes seems a bit extreme.

'Thank you for calling the emergency "My truck is stuck on a railway crossing" number. Your call is very important to us. Unfortunately due to Covid we are experiencing an higher than average number of calls. Please continue to hold until your truck is destroyed and a small town set ablaze.'

[Trevatanus]

MitchT said:

A lot of initial information suggested it had been there for 45 minutes. If it was one minute then that's relatively new information. Perhaps drivers with any kind of abnormal load should stop and contact the signaller when they arrive at a crossing and establish that there is plenty of time before the next train to report an issue if they get stuck.

Thank you, I was beginning to think I imagined it!
If it was there for a minute, that’s sounds more like it, but as said elsewhere, how the hell did it end up on a crossing that it could not navigate.

[alangla]

Simpo Two said:

fttm said:

There’s a phone number on every crossing to call the line operator directly should a situation arise so 45 minutes seems a bit extreme.

'Thank you for calling the emergency "My truck is stuck on a railway crossing" number. Your call is very important to us. Unfortunately due to Covid we are experiencing an higher than average number of calls. Please continue to hold until your truck is destroyed and a small town set ablaze.'

Not that far removed from what happened at Broughty Ferry a year ago https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cgm9nrvwmkjo
Summary: member of public phones Network Rail emergency line to report tree on the line, Network Rail control ignore call from helpline until after accident, helpline didn’t have access to the priority number for control.

[Keep it stiff]

Simpo Two said:

'Thank you for calling the emergency "My truck is stuck on a railway crossing" number. Your call is very important to us. Unfortunately due to Covid we are experiencing an higher than average number of calls. Please continue to hold until your truck is destroyed and a small town set ablaze.'

"Your call is important to us"