Car kills flagger near Walnut Ridge

A construction flagger died Thursday after being struck by a car on U.S. 412 east of Walnut Ridge, Arkansas Department of Transportation spokesman Danny Straessle said.

Straessle said the flagger was an employee of a subcontractor under the primary contractor paving the highway, Atlas Asphalt. He said the worker was not a state Transportation Department employee.

State police are investigating the death and the agency said it did not have additional information Thursday.

Metro on 08/30/2019

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