A truck driver fell asleep at the wheel before hitting a construction machine and killing three workers on the shoulder of a Pennsylvania Highway in April, authorities announced Friday.
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Pennsylvania State Police said the 24-year-old driver of Roxbury, Massachusetts fell asleep on Interstate 83, about 8 miles south of Harrisburg, on April 17.
A truck driver accused of killing three construction workers in a Pennsylvania crash allegedly fell asleep at the wheel before the incident. (Fox News)
Investigators said the man was driving a large box truck around 3:25 a.m. when he struck a construction vehicle in a work zone, then hit all three workers in the shoulder.
Jesse McKenzie, 24, of Rockwood, Pa., was killed; Philson Hinebaugh III, 24, of Johnston, Pennsylvania; and Robert Hampe, 41, of Meyersdale, Pennsylvania.
The driver was not injured.
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A State Police The accident report released Friday did not specify whether any charges were filed against the driver. State police did not immediately respond to messages seeking comment Friday.
