The snowmobile driver thought the light at the level crossing was on

At smaller railway crossings, there is sometimes a lantern at the intersection that goes out when a train approaches and this was the case at the current railway crossing.

It is thus a lamp that warns if a train is coming, it is lit, no train is coming, but if it is switched off, no one is allowed to cross the tracks.

Thought the light was on

The police's preliminary investigation shows that the snowmobile driver has passed the railway crossing many times.

On the day of the accident, he looks straight ahead at the crossing itself and states that he is lulled into safety because it is so open around the crossing.

He says he thought the light was on and that he did not see any train coming.

The driver also testified that it was radiant sun on the day in question and that one explanation may have been that the light shone and that he therefore thought it was on.

Then he manages to see something out of the corner of his eye just before the crash is a fact.

"Looked straight ahead"

The train driver states in interrogation that his opinion is that the driver of the scooter looked straight ahead all the time and did not perceive that a train was coming. According to the prosecutor, the inattention is the basis for the actual prosecution for causing another person's death and negligence in traffic. In addition, the prosecutor believes that the man should have dropped off the passengers before driving over the railway.