Another reason for tougher Work Zone enforcement in South Carolina
The driver of the car that killed a state Department of Transportation worker on Interstate 20 in Lexington County Monday afternoon has been charged with driving under the influence and leaving the scene of an accident, according to the state Highway Patrol.
Thomas Lee Stafford, 39, is accused of driving drunk when his 2003 Nissan SUV hit Nicholas Johnson and fatally wounded Nicholas Johnson, who was walking along the road’s emergency lane near mile marker 62, according to Highway Patrol spokesman Brent Kelly.
- In over a decade in the highway construction business, eleven people died in work zone incidents on my company’s projects: eight were in cars, three were on foot and ZERO of those who died or were seriously injured were workers. This is still no consolation when I’m on site with law enforcement, news media, insurance investigators and others, investigating and documenting a fatality incident. It’s a very real and painful task which I’ve done all too often.
- My company’s experience is not a bittersweet exception as work zone safety statistics tell us that the majority of people who are seriously injured or killed aren’t workers – they’re people who are traveling through those work zones. Thus addressing work zone safety is protecting everyone in the work zone – motorists and workers alike.
What a 2010 Dodge Charger looks like when hit by a drunk driver going 90 mph. |
But there is hope for progress in making South Carolina’s work zones safer.
If you’d like to follow these efforts, there is a Facebook page set up: SC Work Zone Safety Reform. Sign up, get informed and stay tuned.
2012-12-05 03:47:51
Source: http://earlcapps.blogspot.com/2012/12/another-reason-for-tougher-work-zone.html
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