Construction worker hit by traffic barrel

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. 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 says the worker was taken to the hospital, and is expected to recover. The driver who hit the barrels drove off. Troopers are working to identify him.

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.