Murray, UT (September 21, 2022) – The Utah Transit Authority Central Station in Murray was shut down temporarily on Wednesday, September 21st after a TRAX train struck a pedestrian.
UTA officials said the woman was hit by a northbound train at about 2:50 p.m. She was taken to a local hospital with unspecified head injuries.
The Murray Central Station was closed to allow emergency crews to render aid to the victim, resulting in some minor train delays.
UTA is investigating the crash including whether or not the safety apparatus was working properly at the time.
Our thoughts are with the injured victim and their family at this time. We hope for their full recovery.
According to Utah law, if you were injured as the result of another party’s negligence or maliciousness, you are likely entitled to pursue financial recovery by way of a personal injury claim.
The sudden increase in train accidents across the United States in the past few years has caused the millions of passengers who depend on subways, freight trains, metros, commuter rails, passenger trains, elevated trains, and other forms of trains to get to and from work or for their daily errands to become increasingly worried about their safety.
America is home to more than 600 railroad systems that run over hundreds of thousands of miles of train tracks and criss-cross over 209,000 railway crossings. Every year, an estimated 1,000 vehicle occupants, pedestrians, and cyclists die in accidents involving trains and about 50% of those deadly incidents occur at railroad crossings that are completely unmarked.
Train accidents are most often the result of common negligence on the part of a railroad company, due to things such as declining track conditions that are left unattended for too long, equipment or tools sitting on the tracks, moving at unsafe speeds around sharp corners, or engineers who are distracted or fatigued while they are in charge of driving the train.
These types of negligent acts usually have disastrous repercussions for the passengers and/or crew who are riding or working on the train as well as others in the area.
The personal injury lawyers at Jardine Law Offices P.C. offer their clients empathetic and reliable legal representation and work diligently to help them see the justice they deserve. If you lost a loved one in an accident caused by negligence, contact our personal injury attorneys in Utah at 801-350-3506 to schedule a free case review to go over the options available for you.
If you endured any degree of injury in a train accident in Utah, meeting with a personal injury lawyer as soon as possible could be the difference between securing full compensation for your damages and economic hardship or potential bankruptcy.
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