Paighten HarkinsTwo people were killed and another critically injured on Saturday when a train struck a car at a railroad crossing in Juab County.
Cassandra Brielle Hatch, 22, of Gilbert, Ariz., and Tanner Ryan Davies, 22, of Spanish Fork, were passengers in the vehicle and both were killed. The driver, 22-year-old Jacob Michael Cottle, of La Plata, Md., was taken to the hospital in critical condition, according to a news release from the Juab County sheriff’s office.
The sheriff’s office said the crash happened in Mona, on Burraston Road where it intersects with the Union Pacific railroad tracks.
“The investigation remains ongoing and there are no additional details immediately available of the exact cause or contribution factors leading to the crash,” according to the release.
Paighten is an Enterprise reporter at The Salt Lake Tribune. She covers a variety of topics, including business, health, growth and the legal justice system — sometimes all at once. She is from southern Oklahoma, and lived and worked in the state, most recently at the Tulsa World, before starting at The Tribune in October 2017.