Roadside worker survives shocking crash after cement truck swerves into crew

A roadside worker is recovering after a cement truck swerved into a crew working along U.S. 60 in the East Valley, sending him to the trauma unit with serious injuries.

Jordan Curtis was rushed to Banner Desert Medical Center with a shattered wrist and other serious injuries after the incident, which his coworker, Noah Rivera described as “a quarter mile of chaos.”

“It was definitely pretty eye-opening how fast things can happen. Like in the blink of an eye, people’s lives can change,” Rivera said.

Jordan Curtis works for Desert Dogs, a veteran-owned, second-chance employer where he has been employed for about two months and was recently promoted to driver. Curtis has already had surgery for a shattered wrist but is expected to recover…

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