Dive Brief:
- Two men working on a bridge-construction project connected to Interstate 10 in El Paso, Texas, died Sunday after a car hit them during overnight work.
- El Paso police identified the men as James Green, 39, and Jimmy Joe Broadstreet, 54, and they said they had charged an 18-year-old Fort Bliss soldier with intoxication manslaughter.
- Green and Broadstreet were in a crew building a connector bridge that is part of a road known as Spur 1966.
Dive Insight:
Crews resumed work on the bridge Monday morning. The tragedy, in which police said the driver ignored a barrier that was supposed to keep traffic away from the workers, emphasized the industry's push to make drivers more aware of the need to be careful near construction zones.
