A 64-year-old Chiefland man was critically injured when he was hit by a pickup on State Road 121 south of Williston on Tuesday morning.

According to a Florida Highway Patrol (FHP) release, a 25-year-old Dunnellon woman was driving a 2019 Toyota Tacoma south on County Road 337 at 6:40 a.m. and was approaching the intersection at State Road 121. Due to diminished visibility from fog and smoke in the area, all southbound traffic was being rerouted to travel north on SR 121.

The Chiefland man, a Florida Department of Transportation employee, was standing at the CR 337 and SR 121 intersection behind erected traffic cones. The pickup driver did not see the stop and proceeded through the intersection when she struck a large traffic cone and then the Chiefland man.

Emergency responders air-lifted the Chiefland man to UF Shands Hospital in Gainesville.