MAY 3, 2015
BUCKS COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA
A driver was killed and four construction workers were
injured, one seriously, Saturday morning in a crash in a construction zone on
the Pennsylvania Turnpike in lower Bucks County.
The accident happened just before 5:30 a.m. in the eastbound
lanes near the Bensalem Interchange. It closed the eastbound lanes until 11
a.m.
The driver of the car, who had not been identified, crashed
into a truck carrying construction workers who were picking up traffic cones to
reopen a lane closed for overnight work, state police said.
The driver was pronounced dead at the scene.
One construction worker was flown to Temple University
Hospital. Another was taken to Aria Health, Torresdale campus by ambulance.
Information about their conditions was not available Saturday night.
Two other workers were taken to Lower Bucks Hospital for
observation and were released.
"Though the cause of this morning's disaster hasn't yet
been confirmed, experience tells us that speed and distraction are likely to
blame," Turnpike Commission chairman Sean Logan said in a statement
Saturday.
On Monday, a driver who was speeding in a work zone swerved
into a closed lane to evade arrest, striking and injuring a construction worker
in Bedford County.
In response to these and other work-zone crashes, the
Turnpike Commission has launched a campaign in which state troopers conduct
speed enforcement in work zones.
The Turnpike Commission plans to start running commercials
on Monday reminding motorists to slow down in work zones.
Source:Philadelphia.cbslocal.com