CHARLESTON, WV (LOOTPRESS) – A West Virginia Division of Highways (WVDOH) road worker is recovering after being struck by a truck on WV 62 in Mason County on Saturday, January 18, 2025.
“It’s upsetting that anyone gets hurt in the highway system at all, let alone one of our transportation workers,” said Transportation Secretary Stephen Todd Rumbaugh, P.E. “Safety is going to be a priority with this administration.”
The injured worker and another WVDOH crew member were in the process of making emergency repairs to a pothole on WV 62 a little before 8 p.m. on Saturday, January 18, 2025, when they were approached by a truck that did not appear to slow down. The workers were wearing reflective clothing and the lights on their truck were flashing.
Both workers attempted to run out of the way of the oncoming truck, but the vehicle hit one of the workers, fracturing his femur, breaking his arm and separating his shoulder. The worker was taken to Pleasant Valley Hospital in Point Pleasant before being transferred to St. Mary’s Medical Center in Huntington for treatment.
The injured worker had surgery to repair his femur and will require additional surgery to repair his broken arm and shoulder. He is recovering in the intensive care unit at St. Mary’s.
