This is National Work Zone Awareness Week – a national safety campaign observed each spring, traditionally at the start of construction season, to encourage safe driving through highway work zones across the country. Captain Jon Pruiett, commander of the MSHP’s Troop I, said people in work zones have families they want to go home to.
According to MoDOT, last year, 23 people were killed in Missouri work zone crashes. Distracted driving contributed to at least four of those fatalities as well as more than 350 work zone crashes overall.