Dive Brief:

• A driver who Indiana State Police said had a blood alcohol level of 0.54 crashed his pickup truck into one occupied by two workers in a closed lane of Interstate 70 at a construction site near Terra Haute.
• Police charged the driver with driving while impaired and injuring a highway worker because of relatively minor harm to the two men from Wabash Valley Asphalt.
• The industry has conducted a campaign this year to raise public awareness of the dangers workers face at highway sites.

Dive Insight:

The accident happened in daylight Thursday at 8:45 a.m. One worker was taken to a hospital where he was treated and released, and the other told authorities he would get medical help on his own. A study released in April by Associated General Contractors of  said 38% of highway contractors reported vehicles crashing into their work zones in the previous year.