GRANT CITY, Staten Island (WABC) --
A car veered off the road, plowed into a construction site, and slammed into a worker on Staten Island early Saturday..
It happened at about 12:40 a.m. on Hylan Boulevard and Midland Avenue in the Grant City section.
The car, driven by a suspected drunk driver, went out of control and into a ditch. It landed on its side, under ground.
Equipment used by the workers to install water mains was used to lift the vehicle out of the ditch.
The 37-year-old worker who was struck suffered two broken legs and was taken to Staten Island University Hospital.
The driver, 28-year-old Keith Hayes, was not seriously injured and is in custody. He is charged with vehicular assault, reckless driving and DWI.
Hylan Boulevard was closed in both directions between Midland and Seaview Avenues for the police investigation.
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Drunken driver strikes construction worker in Staten Island, flips car into ditch
Police investigate the scene where a driver lost control of a vehicle in Staten Island and flipped into a ditch. (Danny Iudici for New York Daily News)
BY Jessica Chia Thomas Tracy
NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
Updated: Saturday, November 11, 2017, 9:31 AM
Orange cones? What orange cones?
A drunken driver struck a construction worker in Staten Island then flipped his out-of-control car sideways into a trench early Saturday, cops said.
Keith Hayes, 28, was making a right turn from Midland Ave. onto Hylan Blvd. in Midland Beach when he blew past a series of construction cones and a flag man and barreled into a construction site about 12:50 a.m., police said.
Keith Hayes (Obtained by Daily News)
His black 2015 Nissan Altima struck a 37-year-old worker before falling sideways into a ditch where workers were repairing a water main.
Medics rushed the struck construction worker to Staten Island University Hospital with two broken legs.
The driver, whose blood alcohol content was 0.163, struck a construction worker, breaking both his legs, police said. (Danny Iudici for New York Daily News)
The wasted wheelman blew a 0.163 — twice the legal limit — on a Breathalyzer test at the scene, according to cops. Hayes, who lives in Fort Greene, Brooklyn, was charged with drunk driving, vehicular assault and reckless endangerment.