Construction worker critically injured after being hit by car

A construction worker is in critical condition after being struck by a vehicle on a Phoenix freeway.

The Arizona Department of Public Safety tells Fox 10 the worker was moving barricades off the southbound Loop 101 near 90th Street when he was struck by a vehicle just before 3 a.m.

The construction worker was transported to a nearby hospital with life-threatening injuries.

The southbound Loop 101 at 90th Street was reopened just before 6:30 a.m.

The investigation is ongoing by DPS.