OLD LYME, Conn. — A tractor-trailer driver has died after his truck rear-ended another tractor-trailer on Interstate 95 South in Old Lyme on Friday afternoon.
State police responded to the scene around 1:37 p.m. Friday.
A tractor-trailer with Michael Finkeldey, 63, of Westbrook, behind the wheel, rear-ended another tractor-trailer while traveling on I-95 south near Exit 71, according to state police. Finkeldey's truck then went off the road, hit a guardrail and landed on its side. Finkeldey was pronounced dead on the scene, state police said.
The other tractor-trailer driver was not injured, state police said.
The southbound side of I-95 was closed for a portion of Friday afternoon between Exits 72-70 due to the crash.
This crash remains under state police investigation. Anyone with information regarding this crash is asked to call state police Troop F at 860-399-2100.
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