Phoenix-area road worker dies day after being hit by car on freeway

PHOENIX — A young road worker has died after he was hit by a car while removing barricades on a Phoenix-area freeway.

The Arizona Department of Public Safety said Tuesday that Jarvis Crenshaw, 22, died of his injuries in a hospital.

#L101 SB 90TH closed thru 7:30am, Veh struck barricade Co. worker that was reopening RDWY, Man is critical #DPSNews pic.twitter.com/sxYLv29o11

— Raul Garcia, PIO (@dps_pio_garcia) June 13, 2016

The Laveen resident was hit by a vehicle early Monday morning on Loop 101 near 90th Street in Scottsdale. Crenshaw was moving barricades onto the shoulder of the freeway around 3 a.m. when he was struck.

He was taken to a hospital in critical condition.

The driver remained at the scene to talk with police investigators.

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