4 dead after rear-ending tractor-trailer on I-95
STAMFORD, Conn. (WFSB) - Police say four people have died after rear-ending a tractor-trailer on I-95 in Stamford Saturday morning.
State police responded to a two-car crash on I-95 Northbound in the area of exit 8 at 3:05 a.m.
According to their investigation, a tractor-trailer was traveling at a very low speed in the center lane due to heavy traffic.
An SUV traveling behind the tractor-trailer did not stop and struck the rear end of the tractor-trailer.
It is not known why the SUV failed to stop.
The operator of the tractor-trailer, a 45-year-old man, was not injured.
The driver of the SUV, 49-year-old Joel Francisco Contreras-Paniagua, as well as his three passengers, 59-year-old Lorena Contreras Francisco Reyes, 29-year-old Joel Contreras Francisco, and 23-year-old Daniel Contreras Francisco were pronounced dead on scene.
They were all from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
The crash remains under investigation.
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Source: Eyewitness News 3
