My uneducated guess is that the vehicle was travelling in excess of the 20mph speed limit...
It didn't take it very long to stop, but then the mass of a locked iron gate is, I would imagine, substantial.
That, and the unplanned separation of the engine.
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My uneducated guess is that the vehicle was travelling in excess of the 20mph speed limit...