A Spanish Fork couple were injured Wednesday afternoon in a car-train accident.
Bert E. Wyler, 83, and Edith A. Wyler, 81, were traveling northbound on 4600 West about 3 p.m. The Wylers turned onto 10400 South and apparently didn't see a northbound Union Pacific train, said Utah County Sheriff's Lt. Ron Fernstedt.The railroad crossing at 10400 South where the accident occurred has a sign but no crossing gate, Fernstedt said.
Both victims were transported to Mountain View Hospital in Payson. Bert Wyler was listed in critical condition in the intensive-care unit Wednesday night. Edith Wyler's condition was not immediately available, but Fernstedt said rescuers classified her status at the scene as fair.
Fernstedt said several car-train accidents have occurred in the same general area this year, but Wednesday's crash was the first in 1996 at that particular crossing.
The Utah Department of Transportation is currently formulating a plan to improve or close 31 railroad crossings between Springville and Santaquin. Data compiled by Union Pacific Railroad shows the area experienced 25 percent of all car-train accidents in Utah seven years ago.