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A semi driving through Ferdinand shut down I-64 for a few hours on Friday afternoon after hitting guidwire in a construction zone.

Police say a semi sped through the construction zone, clipping a section of guidewire being worked on by a painting crew.

The impact knocked the tarps down, causing an employee to fall several feet.

The employee was taken to Memorial Hospital in Jasper as a precaution.

No other injurers or major damage was reported.

The road is back open.

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