SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, Jan. 18, 2018 (Gephardt Daily) — A man in his early 20s is in extremely critical condition after being hit by a FrontRunner train near downtown Salt Lake City late Wednesday night.
Lt. Kyle Bosgieter, UTA Police, told Gephardt Daily the man was walking on the rail line a couple of hundred feet west of the crossing at South Temple St. and 600 West when he was struck by the northbound train.
Lt. Bosgieter said investigators would review video shot from FrontRunner to determine exactly where the man was positioned when he was hit.
There was no word on the man’s identity.
Gephardt Daily will update the story as more information becomes available.
UTA investigators on the scene of an accident involving a pedestrian and a FrontRunner train near S. Temple St. and 600 West Wed. Jan 17, 2018. Gephardt Daily/Monico Garza/SLCScanner
UTA investigators on the scene of an accident involving a pedestrian and a FrontRunner train near S. Temple St. and 600 West Wed. Jan 17, 2018. Gephardt Daily/Monico Garza/SLCScanner
UTA investigators on the scene of an accident involving a pedestrian and a Front Runner train near S. Temple St. and 600 West Wed. Jan 17, 2018. Gephardt Daily/Monico Garza/SLCScanner
UTA investigators on the scene of an accident involving a pedestrian and a Front Runner train near N. Temple St. and 600 West Wed. Jan 17, 2018. Gephardt Daily/Monico Garza/SLCScanner
UTA investigators on the scene of an accident involving a pedestrian and a FrontRunner train near S. Temple St. and 600 West Wed. Jan 17, 2018. Gephardt Daily/Monico Garza/SLCScanner
UTA investigators on the scene of an accident involving a pedestrian and a FrontRunner train near S. Temple St. and 600 West Wed. Jan 17, 2018. Gephardt Daily/Monico Garza/SLCScanner
UTA investigators on the scene of an accident involving a pedestrian and a FrontRunner train near S. Temple St. and 600 West Wed. Jan 17, 2018. Gephardt Daily/Monico Garza/SLCScanner
A FrontRunner train like this one hit a woman Tuesday night. Gephardt Daily/Monico Garza/SLCScanner
UTA investigators on the scene of an accident involving a pedestrian and a FrontRunner train near S. Temple St. and 600 West Wed. Jan 17, 2018. Gephardt Daily/Monico Garza/SLCScanner
UTA investigators on the scene of an accident involving a pedestrian and a FrontRunner train near S. Temple St. and 600 West Wed. Jan 17, 2018. Gephardt Daily/Monico Garza/SLCScanner
UTA investigators on the scene of an accident involving a pedestrian and a FrontRunner train near S. Temple St. and 600 West Wed. Jan 17, 2018. Gephardt Daily/Monico Garza/SLCScanner