A worker uses a crane to remove metal beams to prepare for the removal of a vehicle which left the roadway in the U.S. Highway 27 construction zone near 4th Street and traveled down an embankment before striking a construction worker and coming to rest near the parking lot of First Baptist Church on Wednesday, March 23, 2016, in Chattanooga.A construction worker was hit by a car on Highway 27 southbound today, according to Chattanooga police.
The worker was struck when a vehicle lost control on Highway 27 in downtown Chattanooga, according to police. The incident happened just before 2 p.m.
The worker’s identity has not been released, but police say the injury is not life-threatening.