A 22-year-old Hartford woman was killed on Interstate 91 in Longmeadow, Massachusetts this morning when she was struck by a tractor-trailer.
Massachusetts State Police said Shamonica Bates, 22, of Hartford, was in a car with five other people from Connecticut around 2:30 a.m., got out of the car and was on foot and in the path of a tractor-trailer when she was struck.
Police do not know why she got out of the car, which police said was a 2006 Nissan Maxima.
Police are investigating and closed I-91 South as emergency crews responded.
Connecticut State Police said there were no closures on the Connecticut side of I-91.