• These safety vests and helmets represent five laborers fatally struck in roadway work zones during 2020.

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  • Crystal Neelon, public information officer for ODOT District 3, speaks Tuesday morning during an event to raise awareness of work zone safety going into the Labor Day holiday weekend.

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  • State. Rep. Marilyn John (Richland Source file photo)

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  • Ohio State Highway Patrol Sgt. Ray Santiago speaks Tuesday morning.

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