Fortunately he only took himself out but it could have been much worse. According to most news stories the driver of the truck went around the closed gates and past the flashing lights while ignoring the ringing bells to derail a commuter train using only his stake-bed truck and no brains. There ws only one casualty so far, the idiot driver. Read more about it here:
http://kcal9.com/topstories/topstoriesla_story_006133141.html
Here:
http://www.nbc4.tv/news/1871300/detail.html
Here:
http://abclocal.go.com/kabc/news/special.html
or here:
http://cbs2.com/topstories/topstoriesla_story_006133141.html
And go here for the latest updates from Metro link:
http://www.metrolinktrains.com/news_update/
http://kcal9.com/topstories/topstoriesla_story_006133141.html
Here:
http://www.nbc4.tv/news/1871300/detail.html
Here:
http://abclocal.go.com/kabc/news/special.html
or here:
http://cbs2.com/topstories/topstoriesla_story_006133141.html
And go here for the latest updates from Metro link:
http://www.metrolinktrains.com/news_update/