A road worker was killed when a semi-trailer barreled off the roadway and drove straight into a work site.
9 and 10 News is reporting that a road worker has been killed by a semi-truck when the truck barreled off the road in Northern Michigan into the work site.
According to investigators, who are still piecing together the circumstances of the accident, the crash seeming happened on Monday afternoon at around 5 p.m. on the off ramp to US 131 to M-115 in Wexford County’s Clam Lake Township.
Deputies say that the driver of the truck hit two road sign maintenance trucks, which then hit two workers.
One of the workers was taken to the hospital in Cadillac and then airlifted to Grand Rapids. The other worker, Sean Jordan of Holly was pronounced dead at the scene of the accident.
The driver of the truck, 42-year-old Scott McCant of Grand Rapids was behind the wheel of the truck at the time of the accident. He was arrested and then charged with reckless driving causing death.
According to the Michigan State Police Criminal Justice Information Center: