A 53-year-old man was hit and killed by a Utah Transit Authority train Friday after attempting to cross the railroad tracks while the crossing arm was lowered.
Delwin Laughridge, of American Fork, crossed the adjacent Union Pacific tracks about 7 p.m. Friday at the American Fork TRAX station, 782 W. 200 South, before trying to traverse the FrontRunner tracks by going beneath the crossing arm, UTA spokesman Carl Arky said.
In addition to the crossing gate being in place, Arky said there were also “lights flashing and bells ringings,” but the man “never looked up.