Burnsville: Construction worker fatally struck on I-35W
A worker was struck and killed by a construction vehicle Wednesday morning in Burnsville.
State troopers responded at 8:59 a.m. to a construction zone on southbound Interstate 35W and Minnesota 13, where according to a preliminary investigation, a contractor was on foot when he was struck and killed by a construction vehicle with a boom attachment, said a spokesperson for the Minnesota State Patrol.
The name of the deceased had not been released at the time of this report.
The 50-year-old truck driver, a man from North Branch, appeared not to have any injuries.
No other vehicles were involved and the incident took place completely within the construction zone on the highway. The investigation is ongoing.
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