Authorities say a road construction worker holding a traffic control sign was struck and killed by a vehicle in northeastern Arkansas. Arkansas State Police say 37-year-old Brendon Walters of Paragould was killed Thursday morning after being hit in a construction zone on Highway 412 near Walnut Ridge. Arkansas Department of Transportation spokesman Danny Straessle says Walters was working for a subcontractor at the construction site where the highway is being repaved. The name of the driver was not released.
