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Sherman A1

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Sun Nov 28, 2021, 08:08 AM Nov 2021

Families of killed MoDOT workers hold vigil as investigation continues

ST. LOUIS (KMOV.com) -- The families of two Missouri Department of Transportation workers held a vigil Saturday night as they continue to wait for the investigation into the incident to be completed.

James Brooks and Kaitlyn Anderson were killed when a driver struck them on November 18, according to MoDOT. Brooks, 58, was a senior maintenance worker and worked for the department for nine years. Anderson, 25, was an intermediate maintenance worker and worked for the department for two years. Anderson was five months pregnant.

Missouri State Highway Patrol said Brooks, Anderson and another worker were restriping Telegraph Road on the ramp to Interstate 255 when they were hit by a vehicle around 11:30 a.m. The third worker was taken to the hospital.

MSHP crash records listed Michael S. Brown as the other person involved in the crash. News 4 asked MoDOT to confirm that Brown was the injured worker taken to the hospital.

https://www.kmov.com/news/families-of-killed-modot-workers-hold-vigil-as-investigation-continues/article_4180e920-4ffb-11ec-8422-07c3dacac154.html?block_id=985911

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