I’ve hit a couple, but fortunately never injured anyone.
It was a crossing on a sharp curve where people often parked too close to the tracks. As the crew was busy concentrating on the busy crossing, they sometimes wouldn’t notice a car that just didn’t quite clear.
In one case, the guy was in the tavern across the street. His car was banged up but drivable. I said we were going to pull clear of the crossing. He pulls his car clear and... takes off. Worried about being drunk. What was stupid is that he wasn’t driving, not even in the car. Coulda said “I was sober when I parked. It’s legal to be in a bar and be drunk.” He got in way more trouble than it was worth.
Tried to have the cops ticket me for hitting the car. Instead he gets a ticket for parking too close to the tracks and leaving the accident. Maybe a DUI too, not sure.
Gets his insurance company involved. They show up... we’re here about the accident. Ok, how’s this gonna go? Instead of sueing, the guy says “we’ll pay for the repairs. How much was it?” The boss is like “uh, umm, $200?” Shocked look. $200! “Well, yeah, we had to replace that board, bend that bracket back, put some paint on, so yeah.” The agent says “it did $8k of damage to his rig and all it did to this was break a board?” Well, and scratch the paint... He was shocked.