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ESCAMBIA COUNTY, Fla. (WKRG) — Florida Highway Patrol officials are investigating a crash that left a maintenance worker in Escambia County fighting for his life.
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According to an FHP crash report, a 21-year-old Pensacola man was driving northbound around 4 a.m. April 1, on Beulah Road, when the crash occurred.
The report said the road maintenance company was repainting Beulah Road just north of Helms Road when the truck hit the worker, who was walking southbound and wearing his reflective gear…