FILE - A Union Pacific train on Feb. 18, 2014. A woman run over by a Union Pacific train early Thursday had an arm and a leg severed but is expected to survive, according to Salt Lake police.
FILE - A Union Pacific train on Feb. 18, 2014. A woman run over by a Union Pacific train early Thursday had an arm and a leg severed but is expected to survive, according to Salt Lake police. Ravell Call, Deseret News
Pat Reavy
By Pat Reavy

SALT LAKE CITY — A woman run over by a Union Pacific train early Thursday had an arm and a leg severed but is expected to survive, according to Salt Lake police.

Just after 3:30 a.m., a woman who was "lying" on the tracks at 50 South and 600 West was run over by a train, police said.

The incident is being investigated by Union Pacific.

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