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What you need to know after a serious Utah car accident
The second auto-pedestrian accident within a week has Provo police pleading with both motorists and those on foot to exercise extra care.
Provo police said that a 23-year-old man was struck by a car just before 8 p.m. Thursday when he stepped into the intersection of 200 West and Bulldog Boulevard.
The victim had been standing on the northwest corner of the intersection and then entered a crosswalk southbound when the light turned green.
The vehicle that hit him had just made a right-hand turn and the driver did not see the man walking until it was too late.
A Friday morning auto-pedestrian accident in West Valley City claimed the life of a 39-year-old man.
The accident occurred about 6:45 a.m. at 2700 West and 4270 South as the victim, who worked at an area grocery store, was crossing east to west.
A southbound compact car, believed to be traveling at 40 mph, struck the victim just as he stepped into traffic, said a WVCPD Lt.
Witnesses, police officers and then paramedics attempted CPR, but the man was pronounced dead at the scene from massive head and chest trauma, Taylor said.