St. Michaels, MD : Highway worker dead after he was struck by a car accident on Thursday August 21st 2014

Maryland highway officials are urging drivers to take care in work zones following the death of a highway worker struck by a car. The Maryland State Highway Administration on Friday said that John Shahan of Denton was killed after an accident Thursday in which he was guiding traffic around a work zone on Md. 33 in St. Michaels. Shahan was employed Chestertown-based David A. Bramble, Inc. He is the seventh highway worker killed in a work-zone accident in Maryland in the last 20 months. The highway administration says that nationally, more than 700 people a year are killed in work-zone accidents. Source : Md. highway worker killed in Eastern Shore crash; highway officials urge care in work zones