Pedestrians

SALT LAKE CITY -- State road planners want future streets to be able to handle more than just cars.

The Wasatch Front Regional Council is currently talking with cities in the region about how to implement a policy that would make roads more accessible for all users, not just motorists.

LAYTON — “If you build it, they will come.”

Not only is that one of the most-quoted lines in one of Hollywood’s favorite baseball movies, “Field of Dreams,” but the saying also describes Gabe Garn’s feelings about a potential concrete walkway trail system that would create a shorter, more pedestrian-friendly path between the Davis Conference Center and the hotels surrounding it.

“I sincerely believe this is the same thing,” said Garn, general manager at the Home2Suites in Layton. “Once we build it and create an atmosphere, we will get larger groups staying with us.”

OGDEN -- A man in his early 20s was in critical condition Monday night after being hit by a car at 3850 Harrison Blvd.

Ogden Duty Lt. Danielle Croyle said the man was walking north toward oncoming traffic in the outside lane of Harrison Boulevard when he was hit. She said there was no indication that the driver of the vehicle that hit him was speeding.

The man, in critical condition, was taken by ambulance to McKay-Dee Hospital.

Two Top of Utah men are dead after being struck by vehicles late Saturday and Sunday morning.

FARMINGTON — A man who hit and killed a pedestrian with his car while he was reading a text message behind the wheel will not serve any jail time, as long as he honors his probation.

Thursday morning, Craig Moyes, 20, of Layton, appeared in 2nd District Court and was sentenced to serve 240 hours of community service and to pay a $375 fine.

BOUNTIFUL -- A 7-year-old boy was flown to Primary Children's Medical Center after being hit by a car early Monday afternoon.