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News and opinion for Michigan, Eaton County, and the Mulliken area

Eaton County

Eaton County worker death reignites calls for construction zone safety

A2D News Desk

On Wednesday, flags were lowered to half‑staff in Charlotte to honor a 24‑year‑old road commission worker who was killed Tuesday afternoon on Lansing Road in Benton Township.

Michigan State Police Lt. Rene Gonzalez reported that a pickup truck had stopped on Lansing Road at the worker’s direction while road crews were working, and a sanitation truck couldn’t stop in time and hit the pickup, pushing it into parked road commission trucks on the shoulder.

The crash is part of a broader trend of work‑zone accidents on Michigan roads; in 2025 MDOT recorded 5,942 work‑zone crashes, including 24 fatal crashes and 25 fatalities, and 1,199 injuries. Police have increased patrols around construction projects to address speeding and distraction.

Read the full story at WILX.

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