Pedestrian in critical condition after being struck by vehicle on S. State Street

Salt Lake City police investigators collect evidence at the scene of a Monday night auto-pedestrian crash at 1700 S. State St. Photo: Gephardt Daily/Keaton Garza/SLCScanner

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, March 29, 2022 (Gephardt Daily) — Salt Lake City police are investigating an auto-pedestrian incident near 1700 S. State St.

According to a brief statement by SLCPD, the crash, involving a vehicle and a lone pedestrian, happened about 9:01 p.m. and sent one person to the hospital in critical condition.

“Officers arrived and located the victim, lying in the roadway,” says a statement released Tuesday morning by the Salt Lake City Police Department.

“Paramedics transported the man to a local hospital in critical condition. Based on the preliminary information, a vehicle traveling south on State Street hit the man as he was crossing State Street against the traffic signal.”

The driver of the vehicle remained on scene and is cooperating with the investigation.

The cause of the crash has yet to be released.

Gephardt Daily will update the story as more information becomes available.

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