SALT LAKE CITY — After a man and his dog were hit in a crosswalk on Redwood Road, that man and advocates called Wednesday for improvements at that intersection, as well as the entire Redwood corridor as it passed through the city.
Jeffrey Wood, who lives next to the road, said he was in the crosswalk at 500 North and heading east across Redwood Road with his partner and their dogs Tuesday after 5 p.m. A car was westbound in the left turn lane to head south.
“We hit the walk sign to make sure we were walking when it was appropriate,” Wood said in an interview with KSL. “We received the ‘go’ and we started to cross the intersection and, being familiar with the intersection, we were watching the driver in that left hand turn lane. It looked like the driver initially was going to stop and surprised us with an acceleration, so I took my arm and waved it in the air and yelled, but it was too late and he hit me and my dog.”…