Flagman dies after being hit by car

PEORIA, Ill. -- A Streator construction worker has died, four days after he was hit by an alleged drunken driver while working on a highway project south of Ottawa, authorities said.

John Crozier, 40, died Monday at OSF Saint Francis Medical Center in Peoria, according to the Peoria County coroner's office.

Crozier was working as a flagman for a road project on Illinois 23 when he was hit by a car driven by Douglas Black, 25, of Streator, police said.

LaSalle County prosecutors charged Black with reckless homicide Tuesday. He already faced two counts of aggravated driving under the influence along with single charges of driving under the influence, driving on a revoked license, driving under the influence on a revoked license and failure to reduce speed to avoid an accident, authorities said.

Crozier had been a flagman for 10 years and was working his first day on the Illinois 23 project, said Tim Roseberry, spokesman for the Laborers International Union of North America.