SUNSET PARK, Brooklyn (WABC) -- A man was charged with driving while intoxicated after his car struck a construction worker on the Gowanus Expressway in Brooklyn Saturday morning.
It happened around 3:05 a.m. on the westbound roadway west of the 38th Street exit ramp near 50th Street in Sunset Park.
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Police said 25-year-old Jordan Perez, of Sea Gate, Brooklyn, faces DUI, reckless endangerment and vehicle assault charges after striking a construction worker in the westbound lane while trying to drive around a construction site.
The 64-year-old construction worker was placing orange traffic cones on the roadway before he was hit. He suffered a head injury and was taken to NYU Langone Hospital--Brooklyn. The victim was originally listed in critical condition but it has since been upgraded to serious but stable condition.
The NYPD's Collision Investigation Squad is investigating.
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Two westbound traffic lanes remain closed at the time of publication.
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