SALT LAKE CITY - "A woman says she was brutally beaten by a large man while riding on UTA TRAX -- and more than a dozen other passengers did nothing.
The alleged attack happened while the woman, who wishes to hide her identity, was traveling southbound on the train. She says the man, later identified as Raymond Deherrera, began sexually harassing her at around 4500 South. When she moved away to a different seat, the woman claims Deherrera began striking her with immense force.
“I turned my face and he just socked me right in the face. I felt my nose break instantly,” she told 2News.
Roughly 15 other passengers seated nearby, the woman claims, either watched the attack or turned away -- but did nothing.
Deherrera allegedly continued to throw fast punches at the woman. Unable to sustain the attack herself, she relied on the 10 to 15 other passengers in the train for assistance.
“There was somebody sitting RIGHT NEXT to me on the other side. So he had seen the whole thing,” she said.
According to the woman, no one tried to stop the attack, no one pushed the emergency button on the train and no one called 911.
“Oh my Gosh!” exclaims Sgt. John Salazar from Midvale Police Department.
“If you see someone being taken advantage of, or victimized... please call!"
No, I didn't make that up. The story does seem to have been written by a breathless 5th grader, but aside from the usual journalistic quackery the tale is a sorry one. Not a single male intervened on her behalf, and that sucks.
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