A driver was killed Saturday evening in Braintree, Massachusetts, when an MBTA commuter rail train struck the Jeep Cherokee he was driving at a railroad crossing along the Braintree-Weymouth town line. The crossing gate was down and the warning lights were on. However, police say the driver went around the gate anyway.
The 58-year-old man was pronounced dead at the scene. None of the 74 passengers aboard the train were hurt. Local authorities did not release the driver’s name, exact location, or additional identifying information.
MBTA Transit Police and the Norfolk County District Attorney’s Office are investigating the circumstances of the collision. Police have described the decision to go around the lowered gate as intentional, but have not publicly discussed motive…