What could be so important?

I just saw a clip on evening TV news from someone's dash cam (an interesting invention) showing a person driving a white pickup truck cutting around a stopped car and crossing a railroad track seconds before a highspeed train came roaring through.  Evidently this has gone viral. He drove around the crossing arms, that were down, and ignored the flashing lights.  So now I'm wondering, why was he in such a rush? Did he have anyone in the truck with him? Like maybe a pregnant wife in labor? So then he'd be risking two lives besides his own?  Was he being chased by police? No sign of that but I bet they're after him now. Was he on his way to a party and didn't want the beer to get warm? Was he late for work or class? Which of those scenarios is worth risking your life for? It looked like there was only one car stopped in front of him at the crossing so it wasn't like he would have to wait for a huge line of cars to get through after the train passed. By the way, lest you think I'm being sexist or politically insensitive, the voice on the dash cam recording referred to the driver as a guy as in "What does that guy think he's doing?" I'm truly glad there wasn't an accident and I hope that the driver has learned a lesson from his close call, but I doubt it.