A tractor trailer rear-ended an SUV, pushing it into a construction zone and killing a Michigan Department of Transportation worker on Saturday, March 10. According to The Arenac County Independent, the SUV merged lanes and was hit from behind by the tractor trailer. The collision pushed the SUV into the marked-off construction zone. Both the driver and a passenger of the SUV suffered minor injuries in the accident.
TRUCK ACCIDENT FAST FACT: According to the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, in truck accidents involving large trucks and other vehicles, 98% of the fatalities occur to the people in the passenger vehicles.