City officials say they plan to install new signs at the busy uptown Charlotte intersection where two pedestrians were struck, including one Wells Fargo executive who was killed.

The signs, which will be placed at each approach to the intersection of East Stonewall and South College streets, will warn drivers making turns to yield to pedestrians, according to a memo sent Friday from the city manager's office to Charlotte City Council members.

Officials said they are also considering structural changes at the intersection that would force drivers to slow down.

On the foggy morning of Jan. 10, 47-year-old Brett Morgan was walking to work at his Wells Fargo office when he received a signal that it was safe to cross College Street at Stonewall Street. That's when he was struck and killed by a dump truck that was turning right with a green light onto College Street, Charlotte-Mecklenburg police said.

Around the same time the next morning, another Wells Fargo employee walking to work was struck at the same intersection.

David Smuda, 42, of Waxhaw was walking along College Street and crossing Stonewall Street after he received a signal that it was safe to cross. A car driven by a 26-year-old was turning left from College onto Stonewall and struck Smuda, according to a police report.

But this time, the pedestrian suffered only minor injuries. The drivers in both incidents were charged with failure to yield right of way, city officials said, and police charged the man who struck Morgan with death by motor vehicle.

The incidents sparked an investigation by the Charlotte Department of Transportation.

The intersection, bordered by Charlotte Convention Center, the Gantt Center for African-American Arts + Culture, and the Westin hotel, is a high-traffic area for motorists and pedestrians. People who work nearby told the Observer that wrecks are common there and cars often don't yield to pedestrians. One called it a "deathtrap."

The intersection is frequented by large trucks heading toward a loading-dock entrance to the Duke Energy tower and the Levine Cultural Campus. The entrance is located on the backside of the Gantt Center on College Street.

Friday's memo says CDOT reviewed the two crashes, as well as historical crash data for the intersection and the intersection's design and traffic signals.

The intersection was ranked as the city's 82nd most dangerous in the 2011 High Accident Location List, an annual CDOT report. The report says 15 collisions were reported there in 2008. By 2010, the number dropped to five.

But a 2010 Intersection Safety Warrant List identifies the intersection as a "chronic location" for pedestrians, meaning there had been at least six collisions involving pedestrians there within the past 10 years.

As a result of this month's investigation, officials decided to place signs at all approaches to the intersection. Officials say the signs will reinforce the law requiring turning vehicles to yield to pedestrians. The signs are expected to be installed in about a week.

CDOT is also evaluating steps that would lower the speeds of vehicles driving through the intersection, officials said in Friday's memo."Specifically, CDOT is considering replacing the right turn lane with on-street parking," the memo says.

Officials said CDOT will work with police to enforce traffic laws at the intersection "to encourage appropriate driver behavior."