extremely sad, but extremely senseless behavior. a lot of fault, in a legal sense, should be put on the driver. utter recklessness. you don't go around vehicles to cross a red-light illegally...why would you do that when you know such a powerful machine is on its way?

while at-grade crossings are not an enviable thing to have in your infrastructure, where there are gates and they close in front of you, if you obey them, at the very worst the at-grade crossing is an inconvenience for those in a hurry. They don't have to be unsafe.