A North Carolina truck driver has been charged after three Georgia men were hit and killed when the truck struck the men while they were installing a guardrail.
The victims were working on the installation on Interstate 40 in North Carolina about 3:25 a.m. Thursday when the box truck hit their construction truck, pushing the truck into them as they stood in the road, said N.C. State Highway Patrol Master Trooper Jeffrey Swagger.
Box truck driver Logan Lee Casey, 27, of Cary struck the rear of the stationary construction vehicle that was equipped with a crash cushion and a board with a lighted directional arrow indicating a lane closure, the patrol told the media. That crash shoved the construction vehicle into the workers.
The victims are Noah Logan Hamilton, 22, of Bonaire; and Austin Melton, 21, and Dustin Gelinas, 20, both of Jesup.
Casey was charged with three counts of misdemeanor death by motor vehicle, Swagger said.
The N.C. Department of Transportation rerouted westbound traffic off the interstate at Exit 162. I-40 was closed for about six hours, Swagger said.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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