Woman killed in crash on Route 2

A Hartford woman was killed late Thursday in a crash on Route 2 in East Hartford, state police said.

Wanda Figueroa, 25, of 10 Belden St., was pronounced dead at the scene off the eastbound side of the highway near Exit 5, police said.

The accident happened about 11:50 p.m. Figueroa was traveling on the right shoulder in a 2018 Jeep Compass next to a Glastonbury woman driving a 2020 Volvo Momentum.

For some unknown reason, Figueroa swerved into the right lane and sideswiped the Volvo, causing Figueroa to lose control and travel across the highway to the left, where the Jeep went through the metal guardrail and down an embankment, crashing into a large tree stump, police said.

The other driver was not hurt, police said. Police ask anyone with information on the crash to contact Trooper Michael Dean at 860-534-1098 or michael.dean@ ct.gov.