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Semi-Truck Hit INDOT Worker near Louisville that left Fatal Injuries

 December 2, 2011 – Louisville, Ky. – An INDOT worker was killed when his vehicle was struck by a semi-truck on Thursday, December 1.

WHAS11 reports that the accident happened on Interstate 65, near the Seymour exit. The INDOT worker had stopped to help divert traffic around a previous car accident. The worker was still in his vehicle when, according to witnesses on the scene, the semi-truck drove through the orange triangles in the right lane at about 75 miles per hour.

The semi-truck’s driver did not seem to show any signs of trying to stop the vehicle. The truck crashed into the INDOT workers vehicle. The smaller vehicle was pinned underneath the semi-truck when both vehicles burst into flame.

The INDOT worker died on the scene. The truck driver, Robert A. Burger, 50, was not injured in the accident.

According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration's 2009 Kentucky Crash Statistics, there were 791 fatalities as a result of traffic accidents in Kentucky.

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