Tag: June 2015 work zone deaths

Roadbuilding

Semi truck plows into I-95 work zone, equipment, killing one worker

A construction worker was killed in Maryland last week when a semi-truck crashed into a work zone along Interstate 95. According to a report from WTOP radio, a tractor trailer in the northbound lane “failed to follow a bend in the road,” sending the truck crashing into “an attenuator truck with a flashing arrow.” The […]

July 1, 2015

Roadbuilding

Flagger killed by semi truck in Wyoming DOT work zone

A flagger was struck and killed last week when a semi truck drifted into a Wyoming Department of Transportation (WYDOT) work zone along Interstate 80. According to a WYDOT press release, on June 18, 44-year-old Shelly Yoho was flagging head-to-head traffic in the highway’s westbound lanes, about 15 miles from Rawlins where speeds had been reduced to […]

June 25, 2015

Roadbuilding

Semi truck crash in U.S. 50 paving zone kills West Virginia DOH worker

West Virginia Division of Highways (DOH) worker Randall W. Bland, 49, was killed Thursday following a five-vehicle collision in an area of U.S. 50 being resurfaced, according to a report by The Marietta Times. A DOH truck was one of the five vehicles involved, but it was unoccupied at the time of the incident. According […]

June 15, 2015

Roadbuilding

Dump truck collision sends semi crashing into excavator, kills 1 worker in Ohio work zone

A weekend work zone crash that began with the collision of a dump truck and tractor trailer in Ohio ended with the death of a construction worker. According to a report from the Dayton Daily News, a dump truck working on the Interstate 70 construction site near Englewood attempted to merge into eastbound traffic early Sunday morning […]

June 8, 2015