Posted on 02/09/2018 11:14:05 AM PST by Tolerance Sucks Rocks
PRINCE GEORGE COUNTY, Va. -- A driver is facing charges after a Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) contractor was struck and killed while setting up a work zone on I-95 in Prince George County Saturday morning.
Virginia State Police Sgt. Keeli L. Hill said the crash happened at 11:15 a.m. on southbound I-95 nearly three miles north of Route 602.
Hill said 27-year-old Samantha C. Hughes, of Wilmington, North Carolina, was traveling southbound when she looked down and took her eyes off the road.
That is when 25-year-old Dustin Michael Warden, of Carson, Virginia, was struck while he was out of his vehicle setting up a shoulder closure.
"Despite rescue efforts, Warden succumbed to his injuries at the scene," Hill said.
Hughes, who was not injured, was charged with reckless driving.
"Our VDOT family is deeply saddened by the loss of a contract worker this morning on Interstate 95 in Prince George," VDOT officials posted on Facebook. "Our VDOT family is deeply saddened by the loss of a contract worker this morning on Interstate 95 in Prince George. Please keep this worker’s family, friends and colleagues in your thoughts during this difficult time. Safety is VDOT’s number one priority."
Warden's family has created an online fund to help his two-year-old son and girlfriend.
"His mother and father along with other close family members and friends are devastated over this tragic loss," the tribute reads. "Dustin was proud of and loved his job and his VDOT family. Dustin had a positive attitude about everything and saw the good in people and things. Family gatherings will never be the same without him. Dustin, we love you and will miss you everyday."
The crash remains under investigation with the assistance of the Virginia State Police Crash Reconstruction team.
This is a developing story, so anyone with more information can submit a news tip here.
In Michigan, if you kill a highway worker, you could be looking at some serious prison time. #felony
Dumb woman only charged with reckless driving. This should be vehicular manslaughter.
Perhaps LEO didn’t think they could apply the “toothless” Virginia anti-texting law.
(Apologies for the POS source)
“Dumb woman only charged with reckless driving. This should be vehicular manslaughter.”
Victim might bear some responsibility...that could explain the charges.
“traveling southbound when she looked down and took her eyes off the road”
Gotta be a cell phone. See it every day.
No question it was a cell phone. And a woman.
Heavens! Let’s hope that the Gucci case for her iPhone 10 was not scuffed in the accident.
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I was walking in a parking ramp yesterday and some retard woman almost ran me over. She was texting. I saluted her with both hands.
I was walking in a parking ramp yesterday and some retard woman almost ran me over. She was texting. I saluted her with both hands.
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I little while ago I was in my car in a parking lot and a guy almost walked into my car. I kept thinking he was going to see me, but he didn’t so I completely stopped. He got about two feet away and I just knew I’d be blamed, so I honked the horn and scared the crap out of him.
I forgot to mention he was looking at his phone.
Illinois: $14,000 fine and ten years in jail.
“Dumb woman only charged with reckless driving. This should be vehicular manslaughter.”
And whatever else they can tack on.
Still under investigation means more charges could be coming. But I doubt it.
I see dudes all the time doing the same thing
“Illinois: $14,000 fine and ten years in jail.”
Yep.
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