VAN BUREN COUNTY, Mich. — Charges have been authorized against the driver accused of hitting and killing a Van Buren County road worker.
René Rangel, 58, was killed while working in a construction zone on the morning of March 3. He was holding the traffic control sign when he was hit by a pick-up truck, said Michigan State Police investigators.
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The Van Buren County Prosecutor’s Office announced the suspected driver was taken into custody Monday.
The suspect, whose identity is being withheld pending formal arraignment, faces one charge of operating while intoxicated causing death, one charge of causing death in a work or school, and one count of operating without security, prosecutors say.
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