A Nesquehoning man who was arrested after driving through a construction zone on Interstate 81 in Ryan Township on Nov. 1, 2012, while under the influence and almost hitting workers will serve time in state prison.

Schuylkill County Judge Cyrus Palmer Dolbin on Tuesday sentenced Richard J. Padora, 30, to three to 23 months in state prison and to perform 20 hours of community service on one of three charges of recklessly endangering another person.Padora had also been charged with driving under the influence of alcohol or a controlled substance, obedience to traffic control devices, driving on roadways laned for traffic, duty of driver in construction and maintenance areas or on highway safety corridors, limitations on backing, careless driving, three counts of reckless driving.On the DUI charge, Padora must serve 72 hours to six months in jail, to be served at the same time as the reckless endangerment sentence. He must also pay a $1,000 fine, have his license suspended, enroll in the Alcohol Highway Safety School, undergo substance abuse treatment and submit to random urine screens.Dolbin sentenced him to serve a one-year probation on each of the two remaining charges of recklessly endangering another person, to be served at the same time as his DUI sentence. Padora must pay a $25 fine for the failure to yield charge and the same amount on the careless driving charge.He also must pay court costs and fees.One count of reckless driving, and the disregarding traffic lanes, failing to obey traffic control devices and limitations on backing charges were dropped.Padora was charged by state police at Frackville after driving through the construction zone, striking several road signs as the lanes tapered to a single lane. He entered a closed left lane of travel and continued southbound through the closed lane, where there were three workers.