Argh this guy doesn't deserve a station wagon

Just looked again at the video over and over. Can't figure it out. I looked up the news story again, and then found the accident location on Map Quest. Satellite view doesn't really provide any insight. Here's the link to map Quest location:

http://www.mapquest.com/maps?city=B...ude=35.660301&longitude=-78.9739&geocode=CITY

Zoom in and go to Aerial view. Wagon driver was on Daisey, going from right to left. Train tracks on left. Direction of travel upper left to lower right.

Train wasn't just coming up to the railroad crossing - it was already there - 4 or cars had already crossed when the crash occured. Driver was a 50 yr old male from a nearby town. Airbag blew in the collision. Driver had "no comment" to the reporters.....Train was an 'excursion train', run in summr months in the area - had about 1000 passengers on board.

Blinded by the sun?
-- No - Very small shadow on right side of wagon, indicating sun pretty much overhead, slightly to left of driver - shouldn't have caused a problem.

Train blended in with the surroundings?
-- Don't think so. Train cars are sort of a dull yellow-orange-ish. Should have been clearly visible.

Drunk or otherwise impared driver?
-- No evidence of this. Driver was only cited for 'unsafe speed' (Why not Failure to yield'?)

Asleep at the wheel?
-- No. Driver made turns on the road before coming to train crossing, and also turned his wheel to follow road as it was crossingthe tracks. Otherwise, crash would have had a more 'glancing' impact.

Opinion:
-- Driver distracted by something, either tuning radio, cell phone call, daydreaming, etc.......