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No injuries were reported but a pickup truck was totaled when hit by a southbound FrontRunner commuter train late Wednesday night in North Salt Lake.
Public safety dispatchers confirmed the crash, at the 1100 North and Main Street crossing, occurred at 8:20 p.m.
The driver and at least two occupants of the car were able to exit before the collision. No one on the train was reported hurt, either.
Utah Transit Authority spokesman Remi Barron said that the tracks were cleared and FrontRunner trains were back on schedule about an hour after the crash. A "bus bridge" was temporarily in place to ferry commuters around the scene.
Preliminary investigation indicated that the driver, in blowing snow conditions, mistakenly headed northwest into the crossing while thinking he was turning onto a street. The pickup truck then got stuck between FrontRunner and Union Pacific tracks that run parallel through the scene.
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