OVERLAND PARK, Kan. – Drivers who violate the law may want to keep their head on a swivel next month.
The Kansas Department of Transportation and the Kansas Highway Patrol are joining forces to make Kansas highways safer.
The week of April 9-13 is Kansas Work Zone Safety awareness week.
Department of Transportation worker Aaron Whited, sitting in his car last week when he was rear-ended by a car.
Whited was in a construction zone at the time of the crash.
Neither person was seriously hurt, but KDOT hopes the incident serves as a reminder to motorists to slow down in work zones.