Sean Merriman, 32, had been working for Caltrans for only a few months when he was killed at a road construction site in San Jose, CA. Known as a hard worker and well-liked by his co-workers, he had spent the previous five years with a municipal public works department. Merriman, part of a three-man crew filling potholes along Highway 101, was shoveling asphalt from a dump truck in the rain. A safety truck was parked nearby to protect workers. A tow truck traveling at full speed hit the safety truck, pushing it into Merriman and pinning him against the dump truck. The California […]