I'm curious in this situation if there was a TCAS warning.
https://skybrary.aero/articles/tcas-ii-ra-very-low-altitude
https://www.faa.gov/documentlibrary/media/advisory_circular/...
From what I've read, it sounds like this airport is not equipped with the ATC-equivalent of TCAS -- which I think would have been sounding all kinds of alarms (how early?) in the tower for a scenario like this.