3 Somerset-area workers killed along Interstate 83 memorialized at construction site

Judy D.J. Ellich, The Daily American
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A memorial was placed along Interstate 83 in York County where three men from Somerset and Cambria counties died April 17 while working on the highway.

The three men were employed with CriLon Corp. of Somerset and working on a PennDOT project.

Construction accident: Road workers killed on York roadway were employees of Somerset-based construction company

According to a state police accident report, their death was the result of a box truck driver falling asleep at the wheel. The 24-year-old driver's truck then struck a construction vehicle in an active work construction zone. The impact caused the truck to roll onto the shoulder of the highway where the three men were working, police said.

A memorial for Philson Hinebaugh III, Robert Hampe and Jesse McKenzie was placed next to the southbound lanes of Interstate 83 around mile marker 35.5 on April 25 where the construction workers died eight days earlier in Fairview Township.
A memorial for Philson Hinebaugh III, Robert Hampe and Jesse McKenzie was placed next to the southbound lanes of Interstate 83 around mile marker 35.5 on April 25 where the construction workers died eight days earlier in Fairview Township.

Jesse McKenzie, 24, of Rockwood; Philson Hinebaugh III, 24, of Johnstown; and Robert Hampe, 41, of Meyersdale, died at the scene of the accident, according to a police report. The driver was not injured.

The memorial along Interstate 83.
The memorial along Interstate 83.

No charges have been filed against the driver. State police are still investigating.

This article originally appeared on The Daily American: Somerset PA-area men killed on I-83 memorialized at construction site