DRIVER KILLED IN I-95 WORK ZONE CRASH IN WESTBROOK

Westbrook — Nine days after turning 35, a New Haven resident was killed in a crash in Westbrook.

Shannon Marcus Carey-Wilson, 35, of Norton Street in New Haven, died Saturday after colliding with a state Department of Transportation truck at a work zone. Carey-Wilson was driving a 2008 Dodge Avenger, a Connecticut State Police report said.

A spokesman for the Department of Transportation said a crew was doing tree work on Interstate 95 southbound between Exits 65 and 64 in Westbrook when a car hit a bucket truck being used in a work zone. State police said the collision happened around 7:20 a.m.

It’s unknown how the driver entered the work zone, the spokesman said.

“This incident still is under investigation,” the state police said.

No DOT workers were injured, but one crew member was stuck in the air in the bucket of the truck because the impact of the crash damaged the truck’s hydraulic system, the DOT spokesman said. A local fire department sent units to help get him down. It took about 20 minutes.

The accident report provided by state police indicated that Carey-Wilson was wearing a seat belt. The crash caused the car’s airbags to deploy, the report said.

The report indicated the car Carey-Wilson was driving in suffered front end damage and the DOT truck suffered rear end damage.

The southbound lanes of the highway were closed between exits 65 and 64, state police said. During the closure, traffic was diverted off Exit 65. The left lane was reopened around noon. By 4 p.m., traffic was flowing normally through the area.