3 WSDOT workers hospitalized after driver crashes into I-5 work zone

Since the beginning of the year, at least nine WSDOT workers have hospitalized after drivers crashed into work zones.

KING COUNTY, Wash. — Though drivers are often urged to pay attention while driving in work zones, the Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) is reminding drivers that paying attention could be the difference between life and death for its workers. 

“Trucks and cones and flashing lights, those are all indications there’s a work zone ahead,” said Aisha Dayal, a spokesperson for WSDOT. “They have vehicles and equipment there to prevent the public from getting into the work zone.”

Despite all the warnings WSDOT crews

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