Motor vehicle entered construction zone and hit equipment worker was on
One worker was critically injured following a collision at a construction site in Ontario, according to reports.
The incident happened just after 4 a.m. on Friday Friday on Highway 403 in Burlington, in the eastbound lanes at Waterdown Road, reported CBC.
A construction company was carrying out work on the highway when the collision occurred, Const. Timothy Dunnah told CBC.
One of the company's workers "was on a piece of equipment … when a motor vehicle entered the construction zone and struck that piece of equipment," Dunnah said, according to the report.
The vehicle involved in the incident belongs to the Ministry of Transportation, reported CTV News.
The worker was taken to a Hamilton hospital with life-threatening injuries.
Ontario Provincial Police are investigating the incident. No further information is available as of writing of this story.
