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FRESNO, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) – Caltrans honored the fallen men and women during their yearly memorial ceremonial by displaying 194 orangish information zones. Each cone was labeled with the sanction of a idiosyncratic who mislaid their life while striving to marque California's highways safer.
"I look astir this memorial, and I don't spot cones. I spot quality beings," said CHP Lt. David Singer.
Since 1921, 194 Caltrans workers person been killed portion moving connected California authorities highways. Among them were 10 workers who served District 6, which covers Madera, Fresno, Tulare, and Kings counties.
"In 2022, we did suffer 1 of our ain successful District 6. He was an engineer. Ali Shabazz mislaid his beingness successful the enactment of duty, and anterior to that, we hadn't mislaid 1 successful 21 years," said Caltrans District 6 Director Michael Navarro.
Tragically, Caltrans added 1 much postulation cone during Tuesday's ceremony. Last July, Alexander Rodish, 55, was fatally struck while moving connected Interstate 5 successful Orange County.
"Alex was passionate astir his work," 1 talker said.
Singer says that telephone usage has go a important distraction connected the roadways.
"The statistic conscionable constituent to the information that, you know, if you're driving along, you're much focused connected your situation astir you successful the car than you are successful the roadway. It slows down absorption times. You're not alert of what's going on," helium said.
For him, each time presents a caller accidental to amended and guarantee the information of archetypal responders and Caltrans workers.
"We each privation to beryllium harmless retired there. We each privation our families taken attraction of. So the acquisition constituent is truly a taste shift," Singer said. "Next clip you spot a enactment zone, guarantee you dilatory down and determination over."
