I did a doubletake on your remarks, Q--I grew up in Washington near Silvana, which is near the town of Arlington. But now I work in Arlington, Texas. At least, now, as an adult, I'm not confused about which Arlington George Washington was from. :)

The state (Texas) has been running big convoys of equipment to do Interstate highway road work now, lots of flashing lights and traffic routed off onto fewer lanes or the shoulder, and various police vehicles embedded with the convoy that includes large vehicles to act as buffers and lots of flashing lights. It doesn't seem to have helped this poor guy much:


Road worker injured by car
Fort Worth Star-Telegram

A road construction worker in McKinney was severely hurt early this morning when he was struck by a vehicle on the city's north side, police said. The incident was reported at about 1:15 a.m. on southbound U.S. 75 near its intersection with Bloomdale Road on the north side of McKinney, a police dispatcher said.

KRLD radio reported that a woman lost control of her vehicle and hit the worker, who landed in hot asphalt.

The station reported that the woman tried to flee, but the man's fellow workers stopped her and turned her over to police, who found a beer can in her vehicle.

The woman failed a field sobriety test and was taken to jail, KRLD reported.