Overview

• Salt Lake City Police identified the victim as Jesse Marchant, 65, after a Friday morning collision in the Poplar Grove neighborhood.
• Officers received multiple calls shortly before 6:30 a.m. on Oct. 3 reporting a man struck in a marked crosswalk near the city’s Fleet Department.
• Responders found Marchant with life-threatening injuries, and Gold Cross Ambulance transported him to a hospital where he died several hours later.
• Police say the driver remained at the scene and is cooperating with the investigation.
• Authorities describe the details as preliminary and continue to investigate the cause and circumstances of the crash.