Union Pacific Derailment Forces Extended Closure of Utah State Route 132

Union Pacific train derailment in Utah followed a grade-crossing collision in Juab County on Thursday, May 28. A train crew member and the truck driver were injured, with the Utah Department of Public Safety describing both cases as minor.

Union Pacific train derailment on State Route 132

The collision happened shortly before noon at a grade crossing on State Route 132, east of Leamington, according to the Utah Department of Public Safety. Images from the scene show the lead locomotive off the rails after the incident.

By Friday, May 29, State Route 132 was still closed from milepost 0 to milepost 20. That closure followed the UP train grade-crossing collision and covered the road section near the derailment area; route status information is handled through UDOT Traffic.

Location on UP’s Lynndyl Subdivision

The derailment site is part of Union Pacific’s Lynndyl Subdivision in central Utah. It sits about 12 miles northeast of Lynndyl, around 30 miles northeast of Delta, and roughly 105 miles south of Salt Lake City.

The Juab County train derailment is another safety-related incident involving road vehicles and rail traffic at a grade crossing. In this case, authorities reported only minor injuries, while the main operational impact noted in the source was the closure of State Route 132.