NEW HAVEN, Conn. — A person has died in a crash involving a tractor-trailer in New Haven late Friday night, according to officials.
New Haven police officers and firefighters responded to the 600 block of Ella T. Grasso Blvd. around 11:50 p.m. Friday for a report of a crash.
Arriving responders found an SUV that struck the back of a tractor-trailer, which was stopped in the left turn lane. One person was pronounced dead on the scene, New Haven Assistant Fire Chief Daniel Coughlin told FOX61.
Police identified the victim as Ruben Rocael Mejia Gonzalez, 36.
The road was closed overnight and reopened to traffic at 7 a.m. Saturday.
The crash remains under police investigation.
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