Driver faces charges in fatal hit-and-run crash with pedestrian in Salt Lake City

  • Jose Guadalupe Salazar, 34, faces charges for a fatal hit-and-run.
  • Salazar allegedly hit Alan Blackburn, 62, in Salt Lake City Dec. 2.
  • Salazar has a history of traffic violations and outstanding arrest warrants.

SALT LAKE CITY — An unlicensed driver accused of hitting and killing a pedestrian in a crosswalk in Salt Lake City and then driving off is now facing criminal charges.

Jose Guadalupe Salazar, 34, was charged Thursday in 3rd District Court with leaving the scene of an accident involving death, a third-degree felony; and driving on a suspended license, operating a vehicle without registration and operating a vehicle without insurance, class C misdemeanors.

On Dec. 2, Alan Blackburn, 62, was crossing Redwood Road at North Temple in a crosswalk — but against the light — when he was hit by an SUV and killed…

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