A person walking on the TRAX line in South Salt Lake was struck and killed by a train Monday night.
Lorica Sophya Gooden, 28, was on the track just south of the Millcreek Station at 210 West 3300 South. According to UTA, the incident took place about 9:45 p.m. in an area with little lighting, and the operator of the northbound train did not see the victim until just before impact.
It was the third death involving a UTA train in 10 days. On July 14, Delwin Laughridge, 53, of American Fork, was killed by a FrontRunner train when he went under the crossing arm near 200 South 500 West and tried to cross the tracks.
And on Thursday, Cameron Hooyer, 23, of Salt Lake City was killed when he was riding with a large group of bicyclists and was caught on the tracks at 900 South 600 West by a FrontRunner train when the warning arms went down.
