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Tag: work zone crash
Roadbuilding
Suspected drunk driver gets stuck on unfinished I-75 bridge after smashing through barricades
A driver suspected of being drunk swerved into a construction work zone on the Interstate 75 Rouge River bridge in Detroit Sept. 17, according to ClickOnDetroit. The northbound lanes of I-75 were closed while crews removed the vehicle from the southbound lanes. “We had a suspected drunk driver actually drive through the barricades on the southbound side […]
September 25, 2017
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
Man killed after hitting parked WSDOT traffic control truck
A man died in Washington Monday morning after he drove at high speed into the back of a parked Washington Department of Transportation truck. KIRO in Seattle reported that the driver of a Ford Explorer was driving down Interstate 5 in Everett, Wash., and somehow ended up driving on the shoulder before slamming into the back […]
March 2, 2016
Roadbuilding
Work zone flagger killed after being struck by a vehicle in New Hampshire
A died Friday shortly after a vehicle struck him in a New Hampshire construction zone near Fitzwilliam. According to the Keene Sentinel, the flagger was working at a construction zone on Route 12 as crews did work on high-tension power lines early Friday morning. There was snow on the road when the vehicle struck the driver. Police responded to the […]
January 25, 2016
Roadbuilding
Flagger suffers serious head injuries when struck by SUV in Washington work zone
A flagger guiding traffic on a Washington state road was hospitalized with severe head injuries after being hit by an SUV. According to KIRO-TV, the construction flagger helping control traffic while a fiber optic line was being installed near Issaquah, Washington. The man, who is in his 20s, was in the road directing traffic at about 10:45 […]
December 17, 2015
Roadbuilding
Van crashes into equipment, dump truck, injuring 6 people in fiery Indiana work zone crash
A van went up in flames in a construction zone after it crashed into another vehicle, construction equipment and a dump trunk in Elkhart, Indiana. According to WSBT TV, six people were hurt after the silver minivan traveling at a high speed set off the chain reaction that ended with a scorched van. After the van hit […]
September 22, 2015
Roadbuilding
Two dump trucks rear ended in same Kansas DOT work zone 2 days in a row (PHOTOS)
A construction zone on Interstate 470 has been unlucky for Kansas Department of Transportation dump trucks this week. Two KDOT dump trucks were crashed into two days in a row. The latest of the coinciding collisions came on Wednesday afternoon when a KDOT dump truck with a large arrow display board and crash attenuator was rear […]
July 27, 2015
Roadbuilding
Worker run over by SUV inside cemetery work zone after telling driver to turn around
A construction worker on a resurfacing project in Iowa said he was intentionally hit by a motorist recently when he told the driver to turn around upon nearing the work zone. According to a report from KCCI TV, 49-year-old Andrew Robinette was working on a road resurfacing project the afternoon of June 29 inside a Des […]
July 13, 2015
Safety
Construction worker killed in Alabama work zone crash
A construction worker in southwest Alabama was killed Friday morning in a work zone crash. According to a report from the Associated Press, 25-year-old worker Marshall James Walton was killed when a pickup truck crashed into the trailer he was working on south of Citronelle near Mobile. Alabama Law Enforcement Agency officials did not give […]
February 15, 2015
Roadbuilding
Logging truck wrecks near bridge construction site; Crash kills 2 workers, injures 19
A crash near a bridge construction site in Clinton, Ark. resulted in the death of two workers and left 19 injured, the Associated Press reports. The driver of a logging truck lost control of his vehicle after a tire blew out. According to the report, the truck wrecked and its weight shifted, spilling the logs […]
June 4, 2014
Roadbuilding
Two highway workers die in Texas work zone crash
Two more highway construction workers are dead this week after a vehicle crashed into the construction zone in Texas where they were working. Related: AGC: Cars crashed into 45% of highway contractors’ work zones in 2013 The workers were performing construction work on Interstate 10 eastbound in El Paso when a suspected drunk driver crashed […]
May 12, 2014
Roadbuilding
Construction worker killed in Alabama work zone crash
A construction worker died early Friday morning after a vehicle struck him in a highway work zone in Hoover, Alabama, AL.com reports. Related: AGC: Cars crashed into 45% of highway contractors’ work zones in 2013 The incident occurred on Interstate 459, the location of an Alabama Department of Transportation (ALDOT) paving project. AL.com reports that […]
May 2, 2014
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