Apparently there is video taken from the locomotive that shows the crash, along with “black boxes” from both trains. From what I’ve read elsewhere there is little doubt that the transit driver ignored a red light for some reason and put him on the same track as an oncoming freight train.
The “why” this all happened is in question, and the NTSB won’t attempt to answer that for a while.
Maybe the train engineer was colorblind and couldn’t tell the difference between “red” and “green.” Happens all the time here in Florida ... ;-)
a radio station out here claimed that the engineer was texting his girlfriend.....I have no idea if that’s accurate.
One would think they could use similar electronics to prevent the train from running a red signal.