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SOUTH SALT LAKE — Officials have identified the man who died at a hospital after getting struck by a TRAX train in South Salt Lake on Thursday night.
UTA spokesman Carl Arky said Edgar Juarez-Santana, 23, was struck by a northbound Blue Line train at 2950 S. 200 West just after it left the Millcreek Station about 8:39 p.m. It is unknown why the man was on the tracks.
No one on the train was injured, but Juarez-Santana was transported to Intermountain Medical Center in Murray in critical condition. He later died at the hospital, Arky said.
A bus bridge was implemented between Central Pointe and Meadowbrook stations.
Additional information has not been released.
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