A 14-year-old Grantsville High School student was in good condition Tuesday morning after being struck by a van going 40 mph on Main Street in Grantsville Friday evening.

According to Grantsville Police Sgt. Steve Barrett, Samuel McConnell and two friends were crossing the street in the crosswalk at about 6:30 p.m. in front of Soelberg's Market at 215 E. Main St. A car in the outer lane stopped to allow them to cross, but a van traveling westbound in the inside lane did not see the pedestrians. McConnell's friends were reportedly walking behind him and were not injured.

"He was hit at full force," Barrett said.

Grantsville firefighters and Utah Highway Patrol officers responded to aid in traffic control and scene investigation.

McConnell was flown by helicopter to University Hospital in Salt Lake where he underwent emergency surgery for a broken leg. McConnell had three surgeries over the weekend, Barrett said.

Police cited the van driver, Russell Yardley, at the scene.

"The sun was shining on his window, he didn't see a thing," Barrett said of Yardley.

Crossing busy state roads that run through the center of town is risky for pedestrians, said Utah Highway Patrol Lt. Mike Rapich.

"If there is a sidewalk at each corner of an intersection, that is the same as a crosswalk, even if it is not painted," Rapich said.

Even walking in a painted crosswalk with a bright orange warning flag — provided at many Grantsville and Tooele crosswalks — is still risky if motorists aren't paying attention, Rapich added.

"If you see a car stopped at a crosswalk or an intersection, it is illegal to pass that vehicle," Rapich said as a warning to drivers.

Many pedestrians, mostly students, walk across Grantsville's Main Street each day to get to Soelberg's and other businesses in a new strip mall next door.

Soelberg's owner Carol Jefferies said the intersection at Quirk and Main streets needs a traffic light.

'"It's very dangerous because it's so hard to get out on to the road," Jefferies said. "People will go quickly out of the parking lot or off of Quirk — either way you have a problem."

Jefferies said the intersection sees a steady flow of pedestrians before school, at lunch and especially in the early evening as drivers on the road are trying to get home quickly.

"Every single day it's an issue," she said.