A traffic control worker was hit and killed by a car on SR 28 near Carnelian Bay late Monday night, police say. 

California Highway Patrol says the crash happened after 10:45 p.m. on Monday near Sahara Drive. 

CHP says 36-year-old Andrew Phillips was driving a 2021 Subaru Forrester west on SR 28 from Agate Road when he failed to slow down in a construction zone and hit the traffic control worker and then collided with a dump truck and an excavator.

The unidentified 56-year-old worker from South Lake Tahoe died on scene just before 11:15 p.m.

Phillips was arrested for suspicion of driving under the influence and booked into the Nevada County Sheriff's Station in Truckee on $550,000 bail. 

CHP Truckee Units, with the assistance of the Placer County Sheriff's Office are handling the investigation.Â