Driver killed in crash that injured 4 construction workers in Bucks

A driver was killed and four construction workers were injured, one seriously, Saturday morning in a crash in a construction zone on the Pennsylvania Turnpike in lower Bucks County.

The accident happened just before 5:30 a.m. in the eastbound lanes near the Bensalem Interchange. It closed the eastbound lanes until 11 a.m.

The driver of the car, who had not been identified, crashed into a truck carrying construction workers who were picking up traffic cones to reopen a lane closed for overnight work, state police said.

The driver was pronounced dead at the scene.

One construction worker was flown to Temple University Hospital. Another was taken to Aria Health, Torresdale campus by ambulance. Information about their conditions was not available Saturday night.

Two other workers were taken to Lower Bucks Hospital for observation and were released.

"Though the cause of this morning's disaster hasn't yet been confirmed, experience tells us that speed and distraction are likely to blame," Turnpike Commission chairman Sean Logan said in a statement Saturday.

On Monday, a driver who was speeding in a work zone swerved into a closed lane to evade arrest, striking and injuring a construction worker in Bedford County.

In response to these and other work-zone crashes, the Turnpike Commission has launched a campaign in which state troopers conduct speed enforcement in work zones.

The Turnpike Commission plans to start running commercials on Monday reminding motorists to slow down in work zones.