Crime & Safety

UPDATE: Driver Killed After Striking Construction Workers On Pennsylvania Turnpike

The construction workers were apparently picking up cones to reopen a closed lane on Route 276 east in the Bensalem area, police said.

A driver was killed and three construction workers were injured in a crash in a construction zone on the Pennsylvania Turnpike in Bucks County on Saturday, police said.

The construction workers were apparently picking up cones to reopen a closed lane on Route 276 east in the Bensalem area when they were struck, according to NBC10.

One of the workers was flown to a Temple University Hospital, another was transported by ambulance to Aria Torresdale and the third worker was treated on scene, according to the report.

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The driver of the car was pronounced dead around 6 a.m., according to the report.


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