February 3, 2025, Press Release from the Ohio State Highway Patrol: COLUMBUS – The Ohio State Highway Patrol reminds all motorists to do their part in keeping roadway workers safe by moving over a lane and slowing down when you see an emergency vehicle on the side of the road.
Troopers with the Highway Patrol will be out watching for unsafe driving near work zones, as part of National Work Zone Awareness Week. They’re prepared to pull over drivers that aren’t following the law when it comes to driving through an active work zone. According to OSHP, here in Ohio, there have been over 600 work zone crashes in 2021 so far. Three of those crashes were fatal. While that’s a statewide statistic, these accidents do happen closer to home.
Construction areas on highways are a common sight in Ohio before the weather gets too cold, and that means that workers are on the roads. Unfortunately, crashes in these sites do happen - and that's why the Ohio Department of Transportation and the Highway Patrol are teaming up to make work zones safer around the state, including in Allen County between Bluffton and Beaverdam on I-75.
The Ohio Department of Transportation asking drivers to be mindful of their workers out on the roads. ODOT District 1 announced that an employee was in a work truck that had been struck by another vehicle in a work zone near Findlay last week.
The Ohio Department of Transportation wants people to slow down and pay attention to other drivers while in the work zone.
