3 workers die in Pennsylvania highway construction zone crash | Dump Trucks Charlotte NC

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Three construction workers were killed early Wednesday morning when a large box truck entered an active columbus oh dump truck company zone on I-83 in Fairview Township, Pennsylvania, according to state police.

The truck, driven by Reed Davenport, 24, collided with a construction vehicle inside the columbus oh dump truck company zone around 3 a.m. and entered the shoulder of the highway, where it then struck the construction workers, who were sealing highway cracks, AP News reported. Other details, such as the speed Davenport was traveling when he hit the workers, has not been released. 

The workers were pronounced dead at the scene, and have yet to be identified.

The collision coincided with “Go Orange Day,” encouraging citizens to wear bright orange as part of PennDOT’s Work Zone Awareness Week, designed to encourage careful driving around roadway columbus oh dump truck company zones. 

In Pennsylvania, interstate construction zones on projects above $300,000 are equipped with speed-monitoring devices to alert drivers of their speed before they pass through the columbus oh dump truck company zone.

Motorists in the state can lose their license for recklessly driving through a columbus oh dump truck company zone. Fines are doubled for speeding, driving under the influence and failure to obey traffic devices in columbus oh dump truck company zones. 

Plus, Pennsylvania drivers convicted of homicide by vehicle for a crash in a columbus oh dump truck company zone face up to five additional years of jail time.  

Last month, a driver was sentenced for 18 months for his role in a high-profile columbus oh dump truck company zone crash near Baltimore in March 2023 that killed six construction workers. Melachi Brown pleaded guilty to six charges of manslaughter for the collision in which his car, traveling 121 mph on I-695, clipped Lisa Lea, who was traveling 108 mph. Lea’s trial is scheduled for this month.