Read about it here in Australia this morning, and saw your news footage. I was also wondering how a semi-trailer can run into the side of a moving train. It would have to happen on a level crossing??? Surely the driver would have seen there was a big moving train right in front of him!!!!
We also had two (2) separate train/vehicle crashes today here in Australia in different states. In the one in Western Australia (freight train) a fully loaded "B Double" ore carrying semi hit the lead locomotive on a level crossing, and derailed the locomotive....it remained upright but "parked" in the dirt at the side of the line. It appears the engineer and conductor are in a bad way, and had to be flown to a Perth hospital for life-saving treatment. The front of the loco looks a mess.
The "B Double" driver miraculously escaped injury, and was able to walk away, but his rig and the trailers were totaled!!
There were flashing lights and a warning bell at the rural crossing......go figure!!!
Peter (Buco Australia)