Driver crashes into construction site, injuring three workers in Dallas

DALLAS (CBSNesTexas.com) - Police have identified Aighiray Harper, 31, as the distracted driver who crashed through a barrier into an underground work space, injuring three construction workers. 

Harper was arrested for unrelated outstanding warrants.  

It happened at 8:44 a.m. in the 2400 block of N. Houston Street, according to Dallas Fire-Rescue. The workers were pinned by the car inside a hole. They were taken to local hospitals for non-life threatening injuries. 

Harper wasn't injured, police said. 

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