Concrete truck loses control, hits roadside workers in Mesa

The injured man was taken to a local trauma center to be treated for multiple broken bones.

MESA, Ariz. — A man sustained severe injuries Wednesday morning after a concrete truck lost control and plowed toward a group of workers conducting cleanup work along a highway in the East Valley.

At about 8 a.m. on the US 60 near Val Vista Road in Mesa, employees of Desert Veterans were clearing debris from the highway when a large truck struck one of the employees.

Video of the incident captured other workers quickly jumping out of the way to avoid getting hit by the truck. The cement truck also hit a Desert Veterans vehicle. 

According to DPS, the cement truck had swerved and went off the roadway to avoid hitting a trailer that had overturned on the highway.

Desert Veterans identified the injured worker as Jordan Curtis, who was taken to a local trauma center to be treated for multiple broken bones and lacerations. The company said “he is lucky to be alive.”

Desert Veterans contracts with the Arizona Department of Transportation to perform highway work. The company said Wednesday’s incident shines a light on the dangers that roadside crews routinely face.

“This was a preventable tragedy, and it should not take another worker being critically injured for change to happen,” the company wrote in a statement.

According to DPS, the cement truck had swerved to avoid hitting a trailer that had overturned on the highway.

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