New Jersey man dies after being struck by tractor-trailer on I-95 in New Haven

A New Jersey man was killed after he was struck by a tractor-trailer on Interstate 95 in New Haven Tuesday.

The collision was reported shortly after 5:30 a.m. on I-95 South where 55-year-old Alexis Vincente of Union City, New Jersey parked the truck he was driving in the triangular area near the Exit 46 off-ramp and got out of his vehicle for “unknown reasons,” according to Connecticut State Police.

A 40-year-old East Windsor man driving a tractor-trailer south in the right lane struck Vincente, state police said.

The first troopers on the scene performed life-saving measures on Vincente before he was taken in an ambulance to Yale New Haven Hospital, where he died of his injuries, according to state police.

The tractor-trailer driver did not report any injuries.

State police said I-95 South was closed for hours after the crash Tuesday morning.

The crash remains under investigation.

Any witnesses or those whose dashcam footage may have captured something pertinent to the investigation have been asked to contact Trooper Rahiem Farrow at 203-696-2500 or rahiem.farrow@ct.gov.