EVA Air Boeing 777 Followed Wrong Taxi Line Before Pole Strike

Clearly 1S into the deicing bay is not for wide bodied aircraft and I assume the light standard he hit was on the Captains side, however bad things can happen when you don’t pay attention.

Would there be a marshaller at the deicing pad? Would lighted taxiway paths make sense if deicing implies lousy weather and multiple paths are available? There must be more to this story given all the operations that take place in Toronto.

Timber!

Not a valid defense but has been brutally cold and perhaps visibility was not the greatest either