A driver who allegedly struck and killed a state highway construction worker has been charged with manslaughter, assault, leaving the scene of a fatality, reckless driving and other charges, Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced Sunday morning.

Isabel Alvarez, 44, of the Bronx, was directing traffic Friday morning near Exit 1N on the Nassau Expressway, just north of Kennedy Airport in Queens, wearing a reflective safety vest and carrying a sign that read "STOP/SLOW." The left lane was closed and marked with multiple traffic drums, authorities said.

Just before 7:30 a.m., Daveanand Budhai, 25, of South Ozone Park, was driving at high speed in a 25-mph zone when his car struck the barrels and then hit Alvarez, the district attorney's office said. Budhai fled the scene and, after

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