A 20-year-old woman who was hit by a vehicle on Interstate 91 in Enfield Sunday night has died and state police said the driver left the scene.
State police identified the victim as 20-year-old Yaseri Cortes, of Springfield, Massachusetts.
Cortes was in the center lane of I-91 South, north of Exit 48, right in front of the driver’s vehicle when she was hit just before 10:30 p.m. and state police said she died at the scene.
The driver kept going and left the scene, state police said. They have not released a description of the driver or the vehicle.
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State police are investigating and they ask anyone who saw what happened or has video to call Trooper Dean at Troop H, at 860-534-1098 or email michael.dean@ct.gov.
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