SALT LAKE CITY — A pedestrian was hit by a car that had collided with a TRAX train Friday evening in downtown Salt Lake City.
Around 6 p.m., the driver ran a red light and made a turn at the intersection of 500 South and Main Street, according to the Utah Transit Authority.
The car was then hit by the light rail train and propelled into a 32-year-old man who was walking with a fellow pedestrian and a dog.
The man suffered minor injuries and was conscious, breathing and alert, a UTA spokesperson said in an update later Friday evening. The female pedestrian and the dog were uninjured.
The driver of the car fled the scene but was later found by police and taken into custody. The suspect, a male whose name was not released, was allegedly driving a car that was not his when the incident occurred. The owner later retrieved their vehicle from police after the suspect was arrested.
The train was not damaged, but the incident did cause some disruptions to TRAX service.
#TRAX Update 7:03 PM: All trains have resumed their normal schedules with potential residual delays of up to 10 minutes.
— Utah Transit Authority - UTA (@RideUTA) October 15, 2022
