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 Asphault. He said the worker was not a Department of Transportation an employee.
State police are investigating the collision and said they did not have additional information Thursday afternoon.