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Construction worker survives being hit by car that “flew” off Tenn. highway
A man performing work inside a Highway 27 work zone in Tennessee is lucky to be alive after being hit by a car an eyewitness says entered the jobsite airborne. According to a report from WRCB TV, Sharon Wilkins had taken a break from work to “get some fresh air,” when she witnessed a Nissan Maxima […]
March 25, 2016
Roadbuilding
Nebraska DOR flagger killed after being struck by vehicle
A Nebraska Department of Roads worker was killed in a construction zone after being struck by a vehicle. The driver of the vehicle was suspected of being under the influence of drugs. According to the Nebraska State Patrol, John Hansen was working as a flagger on Sunday in a work zone on Highway 94 in Thurston County when […]
March 22, 2016
Roadbuilding
Kentucky road worker injured in drive-by assault
A road worker in Kentucky was injured while installing traffic signs recently in a drive-by assault. According to the Lexington Herald Reader, the unidentified  road worker was installing a new speed limit sign in Madison County on March 8 when a dark blue Ford F-150 approached. The passenger of the pickup stuck a large object out […]
March 17, 2016
Roadbuilding
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
Highway workers recover family’s stolen heirlooms from ditch
Renee and Paul Bantista never thought they’d find the old jewelry box stolen from their home back in September. But the keen eye of an Illinois Department of Transportation worker reunited the couple with their lost treasures. According to the Herald & Review, the jewelry box was stolen while the couple was on vacation and a […]
March 15, 2016
Roadbuilding
Worker killed after being struck by excavator in NC work zone
A construction worker died recently after he was struck by the counterweight of an excavator at a highway project in North Carolina. WFMY News reported that Dimino Foster was working for Tetra Tech Construction on U.S. 220 when he walked into the swing radius of an excavator at about 11 a.m. on March 8. Foster was hit […]
March 14, 2016
Roadbuilding
One Maryland road worker killed, another seriously injured after car crashes into work zone
One road worker was killed and another was injured recently in Maryland after a vehicle swerved into a work zone and struck two Worcester County Public Works employees. The Delmarva Daily Times reported that Scott Patrick Tatterson and Wade Kenneth Pusey were working in Stockton Feb. 22 inside a work zone on Greenville Road when a 2010 Kia tried […]
March 9, 2016
Roadbuilding
Idaho road worker captures footage of large landslide as it blocks highway
Idaho Transportation Department workers were out near Elk City performing some simple maintenance on Idaho Highway 14 when part of the mountain gave way to a huge landslide that blocked the highway. The landslide left the main route to the small town of Elk City blocked off for nearly a week. ITD transportation technician Bret Edwards was […]
March 2, 2016
Roadbuilding
Lottery-winning snowplow operator trades piles of snow for piles of cash
The roads across Washington D.C. might have been coated in fresh white snow earlier this year, but one snowplow operator was seeing green after purchasing a lottery ticket during a break. Fox 5 in D.C. reported that Gerald Fincham was helping to clear snow from the roads of Northern Virginia in late January when he decided to […]
February 25, 2016
Roadbuilding
New York highway worker accused of firing nail gun at coworker
A highway worker in Putnam County, New York, was arrested recently for allegedly shooting a nail gun at one of his coworkers. No one was injured, but the accused shooter is facing menacing and reckless endangerment charges, according to the Putnam Daily Voice. The Jan. 20 incident began after Santino Pietrosani and a fellow Putnam […]
February 22, 2016
Roadbuilding
Highway worker frees woman from vehicle overturned in icy Indiana creek
A highway worker in Indiana is being hailed a hero after he helped rescue a woman whose car overturned in a creek last week. According to the Banner Graphic, Putnam County Highway Department worker Greg Whitman was passing by a rural creek when he noticed an overturned sedan in the freezing waters. Just minutes before, 25-year-old Christy […]
February 16, 2016
Roadbuilding
Michigan road worker killed after being struck by semi while placing signs
A Michigan road worker was killed and another was injured this week after they were struck and killed by a semi-truck in Wexford County. WPBN/WGTU reported that Sean Jordan was outside of his parked utility truck finishing up installing a highway sign on U.S. Highway 131 with his coworker Daniel Moomwa at around 5 p.m. when the […]
February 10, 2016
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