Name: Construction worker killed when driver plows into work zone
Uploaded: 2023-05-03T18:31:51-0400
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Description: Around 3 a.m., the Chevrolet SUV hit and killed 33-year-old C.J. Bryant. Bryant worked for S.T. Wooten, a private construction company, and he was a father of four.

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Around 3 a.m., the Chevrolet SUV hit and killed 33-year-old C.J. Bryant. Bryant worked for S.T. Wooten, a private construction company, and he was a father of four.

THERE IS CURRENTLY NO REASON TO BELIEVE ANYONE ELSE WAS INVOLVED. >> THIS IS CJ BRIGHT. THE FATHER OF 4 CONSTRUCTION WORKER WHO WAS KILLED ON I-40 WHILE WORKING THIS MORNING. AUTHORITIES SAY A DRIVER HAD BEEN DRINKING, HIT HIM AND GOT OUT OF THE CAR AND TRIED TO RUN AWAY. OFFICERS CHASED HIM DOWN AND THEY ARRESTED HIM. ALL THIS HAPPENED ON I-40 NEAR JONES SAUSAGE ROAD WR CHELSEA DONOVAN JOINS US LIVE WITH WHAT WE KNOW ABOUT THE DRIVER IN THIS CRASH. CHELSEA. >> YEAH, GERALD WAR HERE OFF THE OFF-RAMP ON JONES SAUSAGE ROAD AND I-40 AND THAT IS EXACTLY WHERE AUTHORITIES CAPTURED. THAT MAN THEY SAY WAS IMPAIRED AND STRUCK AND KILLED THAT CONSTRUCTION WORKER. THAT FOREMAN CJ BRIAN WAS LAYING ASPHALT AROUND 03:00AM THIS MORNING WITH OUT OF NOWHERE AND IMPAIRED DRIVER BLEW THROUGH THE BARRELS OF THE BLOCKED OFF LANES OF I-40 AND THEY SAY THEY THAT HE STRUCK AND KILLED THE FORMAT. >> 33 YEAR-OLD CJ BRYANT WAS LAYING ASPHALT RIGHT ON I-40 EARLY THIS MORNING. HAS HE BEEN DOING FOR MONTHS AS PART OF THE I-40 LANE EXPANSION PROJECT >> TROOPERS >> SAY THE FATHER OF 4 WHO LEAVES BEHIND A FIANCEE OF 16 YEARS DIED AT THE SCENE AFTER THEY SAY THIS MAN, 20 YEAR-OLD JASON, MARCIA PN PLOWED THROUGH THESE BARRELS WHILE IMPAIRED AND STRUCK. BRYANT MARCIA GUY AND OF SMITHFIELD FACES A LONG LIST OF CHARGES INCLUDING FELONY DEATH BY MOTOR VEHICLE FAILURE TO MOVE OVER. NO DRIVERS LICENSE. NO INSURANCE. >> HAVING A FICTITIOUS REGISTRATION AND MORE. SADLY, WE HEAR STORIES LIKE THIS FAR TOO MUCH. THE GOVERNORS HIGHWAY SAFETY PROGRAM SAYS FROM 2018 TO 2022, THERE WERE 171 DEATHS IN WORK ZONES. THE CONSTRUCTION WORKERS, DRIVERS OR PEDESTRIANS IN WAKE COUNTY IN 2021, THERE WERE 1376 WORK ZONE CRASHES. THE HIGHEST OF ALL OF THE COUNTIES IN THE STATE. THE WORK ZONES CAN BE ESPECIALLY DANGEROUS BECAUSE THEY ARE COMPRESSED THE WE COMPANY SAID TODAY THAT CJ WAS A HARDWORKING LEADER FOR THE PAST 6 YEARS. HE STARTED AS A FOREMAN AND WORKED ON SEVERAL BIG JOBS. HE QUICKLY BECAME KNOWN FOR KEEPING HIS JOBS AHEAD OF SCHEDULE. AND HE WAS ALWAYS WORKING TO IMPROVE. AND THE FACT OF THE MATTER IS PAYING THAT EXTRA CARE CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE. IT CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN LIFE AND DEATH. >> AND THAT DRIVER THAT ALLEGEDLY STRUCK AND KILLED. CJ BRYAN IS CURRENTLY IN THE WAKE COUNTY JAIL TONIGHT UNDER

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Construction worker killed when driver plows into work zone

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