In an alarming trend, WSDOT crews dealt with eight crashes in just one week in work zones along highways in Everett, Bellevue, Renton, Kent, and Vancouver.
A photo showing the scene of where one of eight WSDOT work zone crashes occurred in a single week. In an alarming trend, Washington State Department of Transportation crews dealt with eight crashes in just one week in work zones along highways in Everett, Bellevue, Renton, Kent, and Vancouver.
“In the top three factors of the collisions are following too closely excessive speed, and then inattention or distracted driving,” Dayal said. “Again, they’re all things that the public can avoid and that are preventable, including not driving impaired.” Just last week, WSDOT honored 61 of their workers killed while on the job, with far too many more experiencing close calls and escalating behavior from drivers.
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