MILWAUKEE (WTAQ) - The Milwaukee County Sheriff’s Department reports a deputy was setting out cones for lane closures when he was hit by a car Saturday night at about 7 p.m.

No information was given about the driver.

Milwaukee police will handle the case because the accident happened inside the city limits on Interstate 43 southbound, near West Greenfield Avenue.

The deputy was taken to a hospital, but a spokesperson says that was only a precaution.