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Family, workers press committee for stronger roadside-worker protections after fatal crash
Summary
Following the June 2024 death of a DOT employee, family members, labor leaders and DOT officials urged the Transportation Committee to pass HB 7060 to expand training, raise penalties and improve work-zone protections for highway workers.
Family members of a Connecticut Department of Transportation worker killed on a state highway in June 2024 and union leaders urged the Transportation Committee to pass HB 7060, a package of measures aimed at protecting roadside workers that would establish mandatory work-zone safety training, raise penalties for endangering highway workers and expand options for memorial designations.
Family testimony and grief: Sherry Di Domenico and family members recounted the death of their son Andrew, 26, who was struck and killed while performing roadside duties. “No one should lose their life performing these duties,” the family said…
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