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Road worker killed following dump truck electrocution in S. Carolina
A road worker in South Carolina died after he was electrocuted while loading asphalt into a paver. According to The State, Javier Lopez-Lira was working with a crew on Shadow Wood Drive in Richland County when the incident occurred. Lopez-Lira was loading asphalt into the paving machine from a dump truck when the bed of […]
March 16, 2016
Roadbuilding
One worker dead, another seriously injured after drunk driver crashes into work zone
A 21-year-old road worker was killed earlier this month and his coworker was seriously injured after an alleged drunk driver crashed into a Texas construction zone. Christian Castro was at work in the construction zone on Bonham Street in Paris, Texas, with his coworker when 26-year-old Geno Allen veered off the side of the road and struck the […]
February 26, 2016
Roadbuilding
Minnesota road worker killed after being struck by SUV while clearing snow from road
A Minnesota worker died days after being struck by a vehicle while he was clearing snow from a road in Bloomington. According to KMSP, Bloomington Public Works Dept. employee Tyler Lenort was taken off of life support on Saturday and died soon after, two days removed from being hit by an SUV. Lenort had been clearing up snow near […]
February 2, 2016
Roadbuilding
Project engineer struck and killed by dump truck after just 2 days on the job
A 26-year-old project engineer in Texas was only on the job for two days before he was hit and killed by a dump truck Tuesday. KHOU reported that the man had recently started working with OHL Construction as an engineer. The man was walking back from lunch with some of his fellow engineers at about 12:30 p.m. […]
January 29, 2016
Roadbuilding
Widow of Wisconsin road worker calls for drivers to be more careful in work zones
Karen Burkhalter’s husband was working on a Wisconsin highway back in April when he was struck by a driver. It marked Calumet County’s first highway department death. Burkhalter’s husband Derrick was recently honored at a ceremony announcing there would be a memorial set up in the worker’s honor, according to WBAY. The fallen DOT worker was […]
November 4, 2015
Roadbuilding
Construction worker killed during crack sealing on Michigan Interstate
One road worker was killed and another was in serious condition Sunday after a vehicle hit them while they performed crack sealing in Michigan. According to the Detroit Free Press, the two Michigan Department of Transportation contract workers were performing maintenance on Interstate 94 when a vehicle entered a construction lane where the workers were doing crack sealing. The […]
October 13, 2015
Roadbuilding
No charges filed after woman kills construction worker
No charges will be filed against a 23-year-old female who is accused of hitting and killing a construction worker on Cahaba River Road in Birmingham, Alabama, according to ABC3340. The construction worker, Chance Richard Rollan, 20, was just doing his job directing traffic for a road-widening project when he was hit by a car driven […]
January 23, 2015
Roadbuilding
Construction Angels to help families in need
At any given daylight moment across America, nearly 660,000 drivers are using cell phones or manipulating electronic devices while driving, a number that has held steady since 2010, according to a “Traffic Safety Facts Research Note” from the National Highway Traffic and Safety Administration (NHTSA). Each day in the United States, more than nine people […]
September 12, 2014
Roadbuilding
Construction worker killed while laying asphalt
John Garner, 52, was killed while construction crews were laying asphalt in Batesville, Arkansas. Authorities say Garner was helping with the construction when a piece of equipment flipped and rolled on top of him. The accident took place at the intersection of Highland and East Main in Batesville. He was pronounced dead at White River Medical Center. […]
August 19, 2014
Roadbuilding
62-year-old worker killed near Throgs Neck Bridge
A 62-year-old construction worker was killed in an accident near Throgs Neck Bridge in the Bronx, New York. The accident happened early in the morning when construction crews were unloading a cabinet full of electrical equipment. The equipment accidentally fell off of the pallet, killing the worker. “We had a contractor who was working on a […]
August 12, 2014
Roadbuilding
Highway worker killed when driver veers off road
A road worker was killed on Highway 101 in Redwood City, California, when a female driver veered her vehicle off the road. California Highway Patrol say the driver crashed through a fence near the Marsh Road exit off of southbound 101, and hit three people. She was driving a Mercedes C-Class coupe when she apparently lost […]
August 8, 2014
Roadbuilding
Excavator used to kill pedestrian, flip bus in terrorist rampage in Jerusalem
One man is dead and six others are wounded in the aftermath of a terrorist attack in Jerusalem carried out by a construction worker driving an excavator. Police identified the driver as 30-year-old Muhammed Naif El-Ja’abis, a Palestinian man from East Jerusalem working on a building site near the “‘seam’ between the western and eastern parts […]
August 8, 2014
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