SALT LAKE CITY — A pedestrian was hit by a truck while in a crosswalk in the area of 1950 West 500 South Friday morning, police said.

Detective Greg Lovell with the Salt Lake City police Department said the pedestrian was taken to the hospital in critical condition.

The crash happened in an industrial area next to several city offices, and it’s prompting a police safety warning.

“We hope that drivers will see the pedestrians, but they don’t always, and so as a pedestrian you still need to be aware of where traffic is,” Lovell said.

There’s a possibility the person hit was a city worker, but police can’t say for certain. There are city offices on one side of the street and a parking lot on the other that a lot of workers use, and then cross the road to get to work.

There is a signal li

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