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Roadbuilding
6 highway workers injured when suspected drunken driver crashes through work zone
Six highway workers on Interstate 66 in Arlington, Virginia, were hospitalized after a suspected drunken driver crashed into their work zone December 5 with his SUV. The contractors from Southern Traffic Services were installing and maintaining traffic-data stations for the Virginia Department of Transportation, according to Ellen Kamilakis, senior public affairs officer with VDOTâs Northern [âŚ]
December 9, 2019
Roadbuilding
Texas launches campaign to urge Spring Breakers not to drink and drive
There were more than 45o alcohol-related crashes involving young people during Spring Break 2015 in Texas, with 16 deaths and 43 serious injuries. But the stateâs Department of Transportation is hoping to change that this year. TxDOT is running a âPlan While You Canâ campaign during the peak Spring Break period of March 1-19. In addition to [âŚ]
March 8, 2016
Roadbuilding
Texas road worker killed after being struck in hit and run
A road worker in Texas died Tuesday after he was struck by a possibly drunk driver that then fled the scene. According to KIII News, Texas Department of Transportation contract worker Justin Mazone was weed eating grass in the center median on Highway 181 in Corpus Christi when a Nissan Sentra drove into the median. The [âŚ]
January 14, 2016
Roadbuilding
Following increase of alcohol related deaths last holiday season, TxDOT urging drivers to âPlan While You Canâ
The Texas Department of Transportation wants to make sure that a reindeer is the only thing grandma has to worry about while walking home on Christmas Eve. TxDOT is trying to deter drunk driving during the holiday season with the âPlan While You Canâ campaign to urge those enjoying the holidays with a drink to plan [âŚ]
December 8, 2015
Roadbuilding
Drunk driver wrecks into Oregon construction zone, nearly falls into pit with active gas line
A drunk driver in Oregon barely avoided a potential disaster after he crashed into a construction site and found himself teetering on the edge of a pit with an active gas line below. According to the Beaverton Police Department, an intoxicated man was driving his car in Beaverton Saturday night when he crashed into a construction zone [âŚ]
December 2, 2015
Construction Equipment
Guy goes on drunken excavator joyride, knocks out cable and phone service
This story may not exactly be new news, but itâs a great example of mankindâs propensity (and reasoning) for doing dumb things and a great reminder to always immobilize heavy equipment left on a jobsite, or at least remove the keys. According to the Oswego Patch, police were dispatched just past midnight on August 21 [âŚ]
November 18, 2015
Roadbuilding
Second Caltrans worker killed by suspected drunk driver in less than a week
Just six days after a California Department of Transportation contractor was killed by a likely impaired driver near San Diego, another worker has died under similar circumstances in Oakland. According to the San Francisco Chronicle, Caltrans worker Miguel Delacruz was working on a paving project Saturday on Interstate 580 when a vehicle drove through a [âŚ]
September 22, 2015
Roadbuilding
Caltrans worker dies after being hit by suspected impaired driver
A California Department of Transportation worker died Monday afternoon after he was struck by an SUV being driven by a man suspected of being under the influence of drugs. The San Diego Union-Tribune reported that the man was making repairs sprinklers on Interstate 15 near Escondido, California, when an SUV attempting to get into the southbound lanes of the Interstate [âŚ]
September 18, 2015
Roadbuilding
49-year-old female flagger killed on the job
A female construction flagger has been killed after being struck by a drunk driver in Las Vegas. The 49-year-old victim was directing traffic about 2 a.m. in the eastbound lanes of Warm Springs Road, at Cebolla Street, near Arroyo Grande Boulevard, when she was struck by a 2009 Chevrolet Malibu. Selina Gonzalez-Gascon, 21, was driving [âŚ]
November 28, 2014
Workforce
Chicago construction worker killed when drunk driver crashes through work zone and into a paver
A construction worker in Chicago was killed early Saturday morning and several others were injured when a minivan drove through barriers on a road construction work zone and crashed into the rear of a paver. Veteran construction worker Jose Tafoya, 58, was working behind the paver when he was struck by the vehicle inside a [âŚ]
June 23, 2014
Roadbuilding
Sober teen punished for helping friend, keeping roads safe
I thought the idea was to make roads safer. Itâs a fact: Teenagers do stupid things. We all do. However, this is ridiculous. And this wasnât stupid â at least not on the part of 17-year-old honor student Erin Cox, captain of the North Andover (Massachusetts) High School volleyball team. When Cox received a phone [âŚ]
October 17, 2013
Construction Equipment
Drunk Tennessee teen steals a Bobcat because he was âtrying to cover his nudityâ
Thieves have come up with a lot of reasons for stealing construction equipment. Most want to sell it, others want to use it as part of a grand bank heist scheme. But 19-year-old Joseph Michael Hallâs excuse is our favorite yet. You see, Hall was found Sunday morning driving a Bobcat skid steer down Maynardville Highway [âŚ]
August 6, 2013
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