NEWTOWN — State police said a Hartford woman whose car broke down was killed when she was struck by a truck on Interstate 84 early Monday morning.State police identified the victim as Samantha Figueroa, 22.
The Mercury sedan Figueroa was driving had broken down in the left lane of the highway traveling east near Exit 13 around 3:30 a.m., according to an accident summary from state police.
Figueroa had exited the car and was standing in the left lane “attempting to flag down passing vehicles,” when she and her car were struck by a Mack truck that was negotiating a curve, the accident report stated.
She was taken to St. Mary’s Hospital in Waterbury where she succumbed to her injuries, state police said. The car Figueroa was driving was registered to a limo service in Plainville, according to the report. The truck was registered to a company out of Georgia. Both vehicles were disabled in the collision and were later towed from the scene.
The crash closed an area of Interstate 84 east for hours Monday morning, and was initially reported as a collision involving a pedestrian, according to the state Department of Transportation.
Around 4 a.m., the state DOT reported the highway was shut down at Exit 11 because of a crash involving a vehicle and a pedestrian.