Construction worker Jacob Matuszczak, 19, killed, two others injured after being struck by a car on Interstate 35 in Tonkawa, Oklahoma
One killed, two hurt after driver falls asleep at the wheel
A construction worker is dead and two more are in the hospital after they were hit by a car Monday morning on I-35 in Kay County at the Hartford Avenue bridge. Oklahoma Highway Patrol said the driver fell asleep at the wheel when they drove off the road and hit the workers.
3 Wichita workers struck by car in Oklahoma accident, one killed
The workers were part of a Wildcat Construction crew working on a bridge embankment on southbound I-35 near Tonkawa, Oklahoma. They were struck by a passenger car around 8 a.m.
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