State leaders call for safer roads following the death of DOT employee, state trooper, and construction worker NBC Connecticut [Video]

State leaders and public safety officials are pleading with the public in Wallingford about roadway safety following the deaths of three workers on Connecticut’s roadways in just the last 5 weeks. It comes ahead of the 4^th of July holiday, an extremely busy time for the state’s roads.

“I was a lucky one, I survived,” explained DOT project manager David Ferraro as he remembered an accident he was involved in while working with the Department of Transportation in Greenwich.

He was an inspector at the time and was nearly killed by a drunk driver. The death of his co-worker Andrew DiDomenico Friday hit home.

“Treat those people out on the roads as your family relatives, your father, your brother, your sister, your aunt, look at it from that perspective and slow down,” said Ferraro.

He joined state leaders, fellow DOT workers, and DiDomenico’s family in Wallingford to call for increased safety on the road. DiDomenico …