A woman who was hit by a vehicle on Kilby Road two years ago is suing Summit County and High Valley Transit over the intersection’s “negligently designed” crosswalk, which she claims contributed to the accident.

Luana Aparecida Vera Santana, a resident of Santa Catarina, Brazil, said in Third District Court documents filed last week that she was a passenger on a High Valley Transit bus traveling from downtown Park City to a transit stop on Kilby Road on Aug. 3, 2023. She exited the bus around 10:16 p.m. and approached the nearby crosswalk, where she was then hit by a car traveling eastbound on Kilby Road.

“Due to the dangerous and negligently designed condition of the crosswalk — including but not limited to lack of adequate lighting or signals, poor visibility caused by its placement at

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