Driver plows into construction barrels, sending one into worker in Oakdale
OAKDALE, Minn. (FOX 9) - A construction worker is recovering after being hit by a flying orange barrel.
The worker was setting up barrels to close a lane on Highway 36 in Oakdale around 7:30 p.m. The incident was captured on MnDOT video, which shows a driver plowing into the barrels, sending one of them into the worker.
The Minnesota State Patrol told FOX 9 the worker was taken to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries, and is expected to recover.
The driver who hit the barrels drove off. Troopers are working to identify him.