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Speeding car narrowly misses workers in construction zone

Posted: Jul 28, 2021 4:34 PM CT | Last Updated: July 28
Three cars in total were involved in this incident, according to police.(Allan Barilla/Facebook)
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A construction crew working near Maymont, Sask., could only watch and try to get out of the way as a speeding car drove erratically toward them in a closed lane.
Allan Barilla, the general manager of the construction company at the site, said it was a scary moment.
I never expected this guy to be coming up as fast as he did on me and I was just deciding which way I had to run, he said. ....

Construction industry says speeding drivers common at work sites

The Saskatchewan Heavy Construction Association (SHCA) says aggressive drivers are common within orange zones in the province.
The industry association’s president Shantel Lipp reacted to an incident at a construction site on Monday near Maymont with dread. A driver was caught on video speeding through the pylons, nearly hitting workers before getting into a crash himself.
“Your heart kind of pounds a little bit faster because you just hope that there isn’t a fatality at the end of the situation,” Lipp said.
Lipp says most people realize workers are simply there to do their jobs. But there are still drivers who are impatient “because they want to get to point A to point B as fast as they possibly can.” ....

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Saskatoon man grateful after surviving terrifying crash on Highway 16

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The 29-year-old engineer from Saskatoon managed to crawl out of his back window and walk away from the crash, which happened on Monday around 2 p.m. approximately three kilometres east of Maymont.
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Saskatoon man grateful after surviving terrifying crash on Highway 16 Back to video
A video shared on Facebook appears to show a small red car weaving through multiple lanes in a construction zone prior to the collision. RCMP said Tuesday in a media release that a 21-year-old man was behind the wheel, and that he drove through the construction zone at “a high rate of speed,” narrowly missing workers before colliding with two more vehicles. ....

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Sask. roadworker says speeding car weaved through highway construction zone and put lives at risk

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Allan Barilla, general manager at Morsky Construction, was overseeing a 13 kilometre stretch of roadwork on the eastbound lanes of Highway 16 between Denholm and Maymont, about 90 kilometres northwest of Sasaktoon.
“Traffic s only allowed to drive in a passing lane, and we do have a message board that says that the right lane is closed for the next 13 kilometres, to keep left,” he said,adding there were speed radar signs, arrow boards, and tapers, areas where two lanes transition to one with the use of cones.
That didn t appear to matter for one driver
Just after 2 p.m. Monday, crew members at the beginning of the construction zone radioed Barilla, warning of a driver speeding past the lineup. ....

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Police investigating three-car collision after motorist drives wrong way through construction zone

Police investigating three-car collision after motorist drives wrong way through construction zone
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RCMP are investigating a three-car collision that occurred in a construction zone on Hwy 16 near the community of Maymont.
Police received reports of a red car driving the wrong way through a construction zone at a high rate of speed at around 2 p.m. on Monday, July 26. The driver weaved in and out of traffic, almost hitting highway workers in the process.
RCMP say the red car struck a second car, and side-swiped a third before entering a ditch and rolling. The second car also rolled into the ditch and was severely damaged. The incident occurred roughly three kilometres east of Maymont. ....

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