A Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) worker hit and killed by a steamroller inside construction project zone on Hwy. 9 N of Silverthorne, Colorado

SILVERTHORNE, Colo. -- Highway 9 is shut down in both directions north of Silverthorne after a worker was killed in a construction zone.

The Colorado State Patrol was informed of the incident at about 12:45 p.m. Thursday.

The CSP did not have information on how the construction worker was killed.

Highway 9 is impacted at mile marker 104 (northbound) and mile marker 109 (southbound), according to Amy Ford with the Colorado Department of Transportation.

CDOT is conducting a resurfacing project on the highway.

"The closure will be lengthy while the investigation is completed," CDOT said in a statement released Thursday afternoon.



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SILVERTHORNE, Colo. (KKTV) - A Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) worker was killed on Thursday in Silverthorne.

CDOT and contractor APC Southern Construction Company was conducting a resurfacing project on CO 9/US 6 at the time of the death at about 1:30 p.m. CO 9 was closed for about one mile just south of Kremmling to the Silverthorne Town Limits.

Matt Kroschel with CBS Denver is reporting the worker was hit and killed by a steamroller inside the construction zone.

The $11 million project includes milling and paving CO 9 and US 6, curb and gutter work, ADA ramp work, erosion control, signal work, signage and traffic control. The 8-mile section of road under repaving carries 31,000 vehicles every day. Work began on the project in May 2017 and is scheduled to be complete late fall of 2017. 

APC Construction Co., LLC is a third generation, local, family-owned business specializing in aggregate mining, asphalt paving, construction material supply and complete civil construction.

APC Southern Construction Co., LLC

Office address: 14802 W. 44th Avenue, Golden, CO 80403 Phone: (303) 279-6611 Fax: (303) 279-6216 Contact: Jim MacDonald, Vice President

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Resurfacing project on CO 9 and US 6 to begin this week in Dillon

April 24, 2017 - Northwestern Colorado/CDOT Region 3 - Safety benefits include new sidewalk ramps, drainage improvements and traffic detection systems


SUMMIT COUNTY/DILLON – The Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) and contractor APC Southern Construction Company are scheduled to start the Colorado Highway (CO) 9 and US 6 Repaving project this week. The project will span approximately 7.4 miles along CO 9 and US 6, along the corridor of I-70 in Dillon. Additional benefits to the work area include the installation of Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) -compliant ramps and sidewalks, and storm water drainage improvements. A traffic detection system will also be implemented to improve the flow of traffic patterns along this stretch of roadway, decreasing wait times for motorists.

The established work zone on CO 9 will extend from Mile Points (MP) 101.6 to 107. The work zone on US 6 will be between MPs 208.7-210.7. The project is scheduled for completion by mid-October 2017.

"The Dillon and Silverthorne resurfacing project has been needed for some time due to deteriorating pavement condition over the years, as it was last paved in 2002,” says CDOT Resident Engineer Grant Anderson. “The resurfacing will improve drainage and the overall ride, and safety will therefore be improved.”

WORK SCHEDULE

The schedule for the six-month project include daytime working hours of 7:00 am – 5:00 pm, Monday through Thursday, and 7:00 am – 12:00 pm on Friday. Night work will be required when paving at the intersection of I-70 and CO 9, with the intent of lessening the impact on the traveling public. No work is expected on weekends or holidays.

TRAVEL AND PEDESTRIAN IMPACTS

Motorists can expect delays of up to 20 minutes during project working hours, and speed limits will be reduced. There will be alternating lane closures in both directions, and flaggers will be directing traffic along the construction zone. Width restrictions of 12 feet will be in place for the duration of the project. Despite the ongoing sidewalk enhancements, pedestrian access will be maintained throughout the course of the project. Please pay close attention to posted detours. Flaggers will be on-site to guide pedestrians through the construction zone in certain situations.

Abdelrahm Gadalla, of Franklin, New Jersey killed after his Honda Accord and a Honda CR-V collided in the inner roadway of NJ Tpke, while approaching interchange 8 in Cranbury

Thursday, June 15, 2017 12:27PM
CRANBURY, New Jersey (WABC) --

One man was killed and another seriously injured in a two-car crash on the New Jersey Turnpike in Cranbury Thursday.

A Honda Accord and a Honda CR-V collided in the inner roadway, while approaching interchange 8, just after 5:40 a.m.

The impact sent the Accord into the guardrail, flipping the vehicle over.

The driver of the Accord, 22-year-old Abdelrahm Gadalla, of Franklin, New Jersey, was taken to a hospital in Trenton where he died a short time later.

His passenger, 22-year-old Akhil Uppuluri, of South Brunswick, New Jersey, was taken to the hospital in critical condition.

The driver of the Accord was taken to Capital Health System-Fuld Campus in Trenton in unknown condition.

The driver of the CR-V has been identified as 80-year-old Robert Flavin, of Wilmington, North Carolina. He was not injured in the crash. A passenger in his vehicle was also not injured.

The southbound inner roadway was closed as police investigate what caused the crash.

No charges are expected.



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CRANBURY, NJ - A 22-year-old man from the Franklin Park section of Franklin died Thursday after the vehicle he was driving on the New Jersey Turnpike impacted with another vehicle, struck a guardrail and overturned.

The cause of the crash is under investigation.

State Police Lt. Ted Schafer said the accident occurred around 5:41 a.m. near mile marker 69.3 in Cranbury.

According to Schafer, Abdelrahm Gadalla was driving a silver Honda south on the highway when his vehicle impacted a vehicle driven by Robert Flavin, 80, of Wilmington, North Carolina.

Gadalla's vehicle then struck the guardrail and overturned, Schafer said.

Gadalla was killed in the crash. His passenger, Akhil Uppuluri, 22, of the Dayton section of South Brunswick, was seriously injured. Police did not have information on which hospital he was taken.

Schafer said Flavin was not injured.

The cause of the accident is under investigation.

Colin Michael Cook fell asleep while he was driving a white box truck on I-5 and he struck a Knife River Oregon construction vehicle killing Ronald E. Davis, 57, of Powell Butte and injuring Antonio Manuel Bahena of Troutdale, Oregon

***Update*** Knife River Construction Worker Dies after being Seriously Injured When Struck By Vehicle on Interstate 5
Oregon State Police - 06/14/17

Update:

Ronald Ernest DAVIS, age 57, of Powell Butte died in an area hospital as a result of injuries sustained when his construction vehicle was struck by a box truck driven by Colin Michael COOK, age 27 of Fairview. COOK remains in custody in Marion County Correctional Facility. The investigation is ongoing.

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Update:

The driver of the box truck, Colin Michael COOK, age 27, of Fairview, was arrested for fail to perform duties of a driver/injury, assault II, reckless driving and reckless endangering. COOK is in custody and will be lodged in Marion County Correctional Facility.

The construction workers have been identified as Antonio Manuel BAHENA, age 20, of Troutdale, and Ronald Ernest DAVIS, age 57, of Powell Butte. Both workers continue to receive treatment at local area hospitals. Please respect their privacy as they recover from injuries sustained in this morning's crash.

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Ronald Ernest Davis, 57, of Powell Butte has died from injuries he sustained when his construction vehicle was hit on Interstate 5.

The crash happened on the northbound side, just north of the Donald/Aurora exit, around 3 a.m. on June 6.


Colin Micheal Cook is accused of crashing into the construction crew's vehicle, injuring Davis as well as another worker, 20-year-old Antonio Manuel Bahena of Troutdale.


Oregon State Police say Colin Michael Cook was driving a white box truck northbound when he struck a Knife River construction car.

Cook was arrested several hours later at his home on charges of failure to perform duties of a driver, assault, reckless driving and reckless endangering.

According to court documents obtained by KATU News, Cook says he fell asleep at the wheel before the crash. He said he knew he crashed into a trailer, but didn't stop or notify police. He said he made one more delivery in his box truck, and then went home to sleep.

His girlfriend read a news story about the crash and showed it to him prior to his arrest.

Knife River by the Numbers

• Construction Materials and Contracting Company
• Top 10 U.S. Aggregate Producer
• 1.1 Billion Tons of Aggregate Reserves
• 4,800 Employees
• 19 States
• $1.7 Billion to $1.9 Billion in Revenue Forecast for 2015

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A 27-year-old Fairview man was arrested Tuesday afternoon after police say he hit two construction workers on Interstate 5 earlier in the day and fled the scene. 

The crash was reported on I-5 northbound just north of the Donald/Aurora exit.


Oregon State Police say Colin Michael Cook was driving a white box truck northbound when he struck a Knife River construction car. Two workers who were inside of the car at the time were injured. Both were hospitalized with serious injuries.

Troopers say Cook fled the scene after the crash, but was arrested several hours later on charges of failure to perform duties of a driver, assault, reckless driving and reckless endangering. He'll be booked at the Marion County Correctional Facility.

Antonio Manuel Bahena of Troutdale, and Ronald Ernest Davis of Powell Butte were the workers injured in the crash.

Tuesday morning's crash comes just two weeks after three workers were hit by a suspected drunken driver in Happy Valley. Two of them were injured and one of them was killed. Pablo Dominguez was identified as the man who died.

Domingez's family held his funeral last week. He was a husband and father of five. His family have kept a memorial inside their home since the accident. They are not ready to speak to the media, but their family will be forever changed by a work zone crash.

Bill Griffin was one of the workers injured in that Happy Valley crash. His reaction to Tuesday's I-5 crash: "It's a shame, it really is."

Griffin suffered injuries to the left side of his body and he cannot walk while he recovers. He says anyone who works on the roads will have a close call with a passing car.

"People just need to slow down, pay attention," Griffin said. "When you're in a work zone -- man, treat it like a school zone. There is always a chance that something is going to fall out into the road from construction, or a person is going to step out to get away from something. ... You can't come flying through a work zone going 45 mph and be able to hit your brakes without hitting something."

The statistics speak for themselves. On average, five people die in work zone crashes each year in Oregon. There are 18 deadly or serious crashes in a work zone each year. There are nearly 500 work zone crashes each year.

Oregon Department of Transportation spokesperson Don Hamilton says there are some concrete reasons why drivers are supposed to slow down in a work zone.

• Traffic patterns may change
• Rough road surfaces are possible
• There may be uneven pavement
• Heavy equipment may block vision

Speed and driver inattention are two of the major factors in work zone crashes.


While there were five workers injured in just the past weeks, the majority of injuries or deaths happen to a driver or passenger.

Hamilton says ODOT will enforce work zone speed with photo radar at some point this summer. The exact location has not yet been determined.



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A driver took off after crashing into a construction vehicle early Tuesday morning on Interstate 5 northbound just north of the Donald/Aurora exit, injuring two workers.

Oregon State Police officials said both construction workers are being treated at local hospitals; one is listed in critical condition.

According to police, the workers from Knife River Oregon were cleaning up construction barrels after a project at milepost 280 (about four miles south of Wilsonville) at about 3:15 a.m. when a white box van drove through the area.

Both workers were inside a pickup truck at the time of the crash.

State police officials said they found the suspect vehicle farther north on the interstate. They have contacted the driver in the hit-and-run and are considering charges in the case.

Emergency responders closed I-5 down to one northbound lane for several hours to investigate the crash. Drivers had to deal with extensive delays on I-5 with backups as far south as Woodburn.


Drivers could take Highway 99E or the Wilsonville-Hubbard Highway as Timesaver Traffic alternate routes.

Oregon State Police asks anyone who may have helpful information on the crash to call (503) 375-3555.

Below is a statement from Brian Gray, president of Knife River's Oregon operations:

This is a terrible situation that did not have to happen. Our team members were working in the closed lane, on the other side of traffic barrels when their vehicle was hit. We ask two things: Please keep our injured team members and their families in your thoughts, and please pay extra attention and slow down in work zones so something like this never happens again.

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Police said they stopped another driver who was speeding past traffic at about 100 mph, weaving in and out of traffic and using the road's shoulder.

State Police Lt. Charpentier said they took that driver into custody on reckless driving charges.


That driver was not involved in the initial hit-and-run investigation.

Crane on fire after electric motor issue at the Derichebourg Recycling Center on East Navigation near Harrisburg in Houston, Texas

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) --

Investigators are looking into the cause of a fire that engulfed a crane at a recycling center along the Houston Ship Channel overnight.

Firefighters found flames shooting out of the crane at the Derichebourg Recycling Center on East Navigation near Harrisburg around 10:30 p.m.

Our crews captured video of the impressive fire overnight as crews worked to get it under control.

We do not know the cause of the fire, but the good news in all of this was no one was hurt.

A second alarm was pulled by firefighters because it was a heavy machine that caught fire.

Crews were able to extinguish the fire with the help of a fire boat that pulled up along the ship channel.

The charred remains of the crane can now be seen at the center.

Arson investigators are hoping to piece together what happened.

We'll bring you updates as we get them from officials.



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HOUSTON – Houston firefighters responded to a crane fire at an East End scrap yard overnight.

The fire broke out on Harrisburg at E. Navigation around 10:30 p.m. Wednesday.

A crane worker noticed the fire and managed to get off of it before it became fully engulfed. There were no injuries.

HFD stated the fire appeared to start with an electrical issue in the motor of the crane.

8 people were injured, 4 seriously in a head-on crash involving a C&D Senior Center bus and a Hyundai sedan Wednesday afternoon in Bear, Delaware

Wednesday, June 14, 2017 05:12PM
BEAR, Del. (WPVI) --

Eight people were injured when a car and a van from a senior center collided on Wednesday afternoon in Bear, Del.

The crash happened just after 2:30 p.m. at Songsmith Drive and Cymbal Court.

Word from the scene was that one person was trapped after the head-on crash.

Of the eight who were hurt, four of the victims are said to have serious injuries.

The van was from a senior center located at 100 Freedom Road in Newark.

Calls to the center went unanswered.

An investigation into the crash continues.

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Seven people were injured in a head-on crash involving a C&D Senior Center bus Wednesday afternoon in Bear, according to emergency officials.

New Castle County police and firefighters were called about 2:40 p.m. to the area of Songsmith Drive and Cymbal Court for a head-on crash involving two vehicles, said Christiana Fire Company Chief Rich Perillo.

At the scene, emergency responders found a Hyundai sedan that had crashed with a bus from the C&D Senior Center/Rose Hill Community Center, said Officer First Class JP Piser, a spokesman for the New Castle County Police Department.

The driver of the sedan – believed to be in his 20s – was heavily entrapped in the vehicle, Perillo said, and it took firefighters nearly 25 minutes to free the man. Heavy rescue trucks were also called to the scene, he added.

The driver was transported to an area hospital with serious head injuries and is listed in critical condition, Piser said.

Aboard the bus, four passengers in their 70s and one in their 90s, were evaluated, treated and transferred to an area hospital for non-life-threatening injuries, Piser said. The bus driver, believed to be in their 50s, was also evaluated and treated, he said.

The crash remains under investigation by the county police. More information will be released as it becomes available, Piser said.