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Tag: work zone accidents
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 VDOT’s Northern […]
December 9, 2019
Roadbuilding
Connected vehicle technology could curtail work zone crashes
Learn more from Equipment World about connected vehicle (CV) technology & how it can be used to reduce work-zone related crashes caused by distracted driving.
November 16, 2018
Roadbuilding
Work Zones Get Smart: Mobile, cheaper technologies making safety easier to achieve
A plethora of affordable intelligent traffic systems are making smart work-zone systems achievable for DOTs, which increases work-zone safety and more.
May 22, 2018
Roadbuilding
Penn. work zone sees two crashes in one day
A woman was injured when she lost control of her pickup truck in a work zone June 18, hitting a temporary barrier on Route 33 that was installed as part of a bridge replacement project, lehighvalleylive.com reports. Pennsylvania State Police responded to the accident, but only told the news agency that the woman was taken […]
June 22, 2017
Roadbuilding
First Caltrans District 7 employee death on the job in 11 years as worker is struck on freeway near LA
California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) District 7 employee Jorge Lopez, 57, was struck and killed by a tractor-trailer September 1 while working on the Antelope Valley Freeway in Acton at Crown Valley Road. Lopez, an electrician and 16-year Caltrans veteran, is the first District 7 agency employee to be killed on the job since 2005. […]
September 5, 2016
Roadbuilding
Colorado DOT contractor injured in I-25 work zone accident
A Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) contractor was injured after a vehicle struck the worker’s vehicle in a work zone on Interstate 25 near Johnstown, according to a report by the Greeley Tribune. The incident occurred in the early morning hours when the driver of a 2011 Ford Escape traveled north on the southbound section […]
June 7, 2016
Roadbuilding
Florida road construction worker killed by sweeper truck
On Friday, May 13, a 69-year-old road construction worker was killed when he was run over by a sweeper truck on a job site on Florida 207 in Hastings, The Florida Times-Union reports. The Florida Highway Patrol identified the victim as Everett Leslie Rolfe of Holly Hill. According to the report, the sweeper truck was cleaning the left lane after it […]
May 24, 2016
Roadbuilding
N. Carolina DOT warns drivers to watch out for road construction projects
With temperatures and the number of road construction projects on the rise in North Carolina, the Highway Patrol and Department of Transportation issued a warning to drivers April 11, asking them to “Do your part and drive smart.” WNCN.com reports that state numbers indicate that more than 4,600 crashes occurred in work zones during 2015 with 2,500 people injured and […]
April 19, 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
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
Man dies in Illinois construction zone crash
A man in Illinois died over the weekend after he hit a semi truck trailer parked in a road construction zone. According to the Daily Herald, David Bozowski was driving his car through a construction zone on an off ramp on Interstate 290 in Itasca, Illinois, when he struck the trailer parked on the left shoulder […]
January 20, 2016
Roadbuilding
Signs commemorate death of road worker on California highway
A California county has honored a road worker who was killed on the job in October by not only dedicating a section of the road to him, but also encouraging drivers to be more safe. The Ventura County Star reported that memorial signs were installed in Oak View, California, last week in order to honor Ventura County […]
January 12, 2016
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