"... To preserve the memory of the Washington State Department of Transportation fallen workers and to provide assistance to active and retired employees and their families in times of need."
Monthly Memorial Tribute This month we pay tribute to and remember these
WSDOT employees who died in work zone incidents:
Michael Malone, June 4, 1993, Northwest Region, transportation engineer. Mike was struck by a drunk driver who drove into a marked work zone.
William F. Holmes, June 14, 1960, Headquarters, traffic recorder. Bill was resetting overturned traffic cones on the Lake Washington Bridge when he was struck by a car.
William T Owens, June 15, 1971, Southwest Region, maintenance technician. William was killed when a tractor he was repairing inadvertently started (workers thought it was in neutral) and ran over him.
George J. Heaton, Claude M. Waterman, June 18, 1966, Two Eastern Region engineer technicians were killed when a driver fell asleep at the wheel and entered their survey work zone, striking both of them.
Harold J. Allen, June 30, 1967, Eastern Region, engineer technician. Harold was "riding" on a running board of a truck while taking pit samples. He fell as he jumped off and was run over by the truck.
WSDOTMF News
2019 Fallen Worker Memorial
Left to right: Secretary Roger Millar, Bill Ford (Foundation Executive Director), Dale Lathan (Foundation Director representing Ferries), Washington State Patrol Chief John Batiste, and Foundation President Grant Rodeheaver at the April 10th Worker Memorial Event.
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