A Dane County Highway Department worker was killed Thursday afternoon after being hit by a pickup truck on Highway 151 near Sun Prairie.
James S. Porter, 61, of Monona, died at the scene from “major traumatic injuries,” according to the Dane County Coroner and the sheriff’s office.
Porter was part of a team doing maintenance work in the northbound lanes when he was hit by a Ford F-150 driven by 59-year-old Alan C. Borgardt just before 2 p.m. about a half mile south of the Sun Prairie Main Street exit.
Sheriff’s Office spokeswoman Elise Schaffer said Porter was driving a truck with an electronic arrow attached to the back to warn motorists to move into the right lane.
He and two other workers and their vehicles, a street sweeper and dump truck, had been moving slowly down the left lane and shoulder of 151.
Schaffer said Borgardt appeared not to be paying attention when he hit the trailer on Porter’s truck.
He then hit the median and ran into Porter, who had stopped briefly and gotten out of his truck.
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