BANGOR TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) – A worker for the Van Buren County Road Commission was killed after being struck by a vehicle in a construction zone northwest of Lawrence Friday morning.
Michigan State Police say the accident happened on County Road 681 between 44th and 48th avenues. They say the driver of a pickup truck ignored signs to stop, rear-ended another vehicle while trying to pass, and hit the worker who was manning a traffic control sign.
MSP said drugs are believed to be involved but Lt. DuWayne Robinson said no arrests were made.
Neither the driver of the pickup, a 30-year-old Hartford man, nor the person in the other car were injured.
The road worker was identified as 58-year-old Rene Rangel of Dowagiac.
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