Train & Truck Collision In Brownsboro,TX

Translation: I raced the train and failed miserably.

 

said Orlando Brizula, the truck driver, through a translator. SURE
Where's the article stating that the driver was put out of service?
This below is crazy, especially from Texas. Not being able to read signs within the state is just as dangerous as outside the state.
from @Concorde today
“In Texas, drivers who cannot read or speak English may still be issued commercial driver’s licenses ifthey operate solely within the state’s borders. Thispolicy is not new. Per Texas Transportation Code § 522.043(b), the state prohibits requiring Englishlanguage proficiency for intrastate-only CDL holders. The Texas Administrative Code and the officialTexas Commercial Motor Vehicle Driver Handbook support this stance, noting that ELP only applies to interstate drivers.”

 

Still not buyin it. Were there cars behind the trailer that verified the driver's story? Or was the Chief just repeating what the driver told the translator? Fire Dept I'm sure did not inspect the trailer and are not qualified to inspect or determine the cause of the accident. Maybe the driver accidentally pulled on the trolley valve. In warm weather how many times have you had the trailer brakes just lock up and not release?

 

He said the brakes failed and wouldn’t stop before the tracks and then wouldn’t release?

 

https://youtube.com/shorts/FE2ZgzjSIvY?si=1o3Py7Ge6WwETX0o

Had our boy Elroy been able to read English, he may have been able to call the emergency number at the RR crossing with the four minutes he had before the train came along and did what trains do to tractor trailers stuck on train tracks.