CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A worker with the West Virginia Parkways Authority died after being struck by a tractor-trailer in a work zone Monday morning on the West Virginia Turnpike just south of Charleston.
The collision happened right around 11 a.m. in the southbound lanes of Interstate 77.
An official with the West Virginia Parkways Authority told MetroNews the man was in his 20s and had worked for Parkways for a few years. He was with several other workers doing some asphalt patching when the tractor trailer swerved to avoid the work zone, but the trailer swung into the work zone and struck the worker.
He died a short time later.
The truck driver stopped and is cooperating with investigators.
State Police troopers are reviewing video footage from an onboard camera on the tractor-trailer. A reconstruction team was also on the scene.
The names of those involved have not been released.
The Turnpike reopened at around 1:30 p.m.