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A series of construction work-zone crashes on Massachusetts roadways—all allegedly involving drunk drivers—prodded state officials to launch a federally funded impaired-driving enforcement campaign in August through Labor Day.

A flash fire on a project located at Sunoco Logistics’ Nederland Terminal in Nederland, Texas, injured seven construction workers around 9 p.m. on Friday, Aug. 12.

Provisions prohibiting post-incident drug testing that would have taken effect on Aug. 10 are pushed back to Nov. 1.

Report sees possible threat to independence of crash tests at labs whose parent entity also develops roadside safety equipment.

The new chief safety officer for Washington, D.C.’s beleaguered Metrorail system has promised an aggressive revamp of the agency’s safety culture, correcting deficiencies that have resulted in deaths and injuries to passengers and workers and significantly compromised the 40-year-old network’s infrastructure.