SOUTHBURY, Conn. — Connecticut State Police are investigating a fatal accident where a New York man was struck by a car on I-84 westbound in Southbury Thursday evening.
State police say just before 5 p.m. troopers were called to exit 16 on I-84 for a report of a motor vehicle accident that resulted in fatal injuries.
The intersection was closed between exits 16 and 17 but has since been reopened. The State Police-Collision Analysis Reconstruction Squad assisted in the investigation.
An accident summary provided by State Police says that a Subaru being driven by Ronald Shaw of Holmes, NY had been traveling west on I-84 when, for some reason, the car went off the roadway onto the grass-lined median area. Shaw then got out of the car and walked out onto the highway, where he was struck by a car driven by a West Hartford woman while he was crossing the highway.
Southbury EMS responded to the scene, but Shaw was pronounced deceased on the scene.
The motor vehicle collision is currently under investigation, and anyone with information pertaining to the collision please contact Trooper Murphy at Troop A in Southbury at 203-267-2200.
