A Connecticut Department of Transportation worker was struck and killed by a driver on Interstate 95 in Fairfield on Friday morning. Elvin Hernandez, 60, had worked for the department for more than 15 years, and officials said the person who hit him had been driving recklessly.
Connecticut DOT worker struck and killed by driver on I-95 in Fairfield
A Connecticut Department of Transportation worker was struck and killed by a driver on Interstate 95 in Fairfield on Friday morning. Elvin Hernandez, 60, had worked for the department for more than 15 years, and officials said the person who hit him had been driving recklessly.
A stretch of Interstate 95 was closed after the collision and has reopened.
Governor Ned Lamont, a Democrat, said he will order the state's flags flown at half-staff in coordination with funeral services, which have not been announced.
Connecticut began issuing automatic tickets in July to drivers who speed through select work zones.
There have been more than 10 fatalities and thousands of crashes in work zones since 2020, according to the report.
- The source does not state whether the driver was charged, cited or detained.
- The source does not name the driver or describe the driver's condition.
- The source does not give the time of the collision or the specific point on Interstate 95 in Fairfield where it occurred.
- The source does not state whether the work zone figures — more than 10 fatalities and thousands of crashes since 2020 — are statewide or national, or name the body that compiled them.
- The source does not state a date for the flag order or any funeral arrangements.
- The source does not state whether the automatic work zone ticketing program was in effect on the section of Interstate 95 where Hernandez was killed.