I disagree with the framing in the headline. Usually with these kinds of crashes it is the road vehicle that is at fault, the train is merely subject to basic physics (not being able to see around curves, heavy things unable to stop,…). Here it says the truck had broken down on the tracks but how likely is that explanation really considering very few vehicles break down in such a way that you only notice the breakdown meters from where the vehicle comes to a stop (i.e. if the breakdown starts on the tracks you would still be able to roll off, if it starts before you could break before the tracks).