Unless the train swerved at the last second, this mother is an absolute buffoon. Children are way too precious to use as gambling chips and going “all in” against an oncoming train. It’s a friggin’ TRAIN for gawd sakes! You keep your kids safe on whichever side of the tracks you’re on, let the train pass, then proceed across and on to your destination. I feel no pity for the woman or for anyone else who chooses to be so stupid. I do feel sorry for the 2-year old and the people who will have to live with the repercussions of this woman’s choice.
People, if you can see a train approaching... don’t get in its way. It truly is as simple as that.
I live in a small tourist town that has tens of thousands of visitors every summer. The intersections are always crowded with people waiting to cross. Every time I go to town I see someone using their child's stroller as a place holder to be first across the street by holding the stroller out into the traffic lane off of the curb.
I have seen that dozens of times every year for over twenty years.