A 25-year-old woman has died after she was struck while she was trying to repair a flat tire on Route 8 North in Thomaston Wednesday afternoon, according to state police.
It happened around 3:30 p.m. in the area of Exit 39.
State police said the vehicle Karina Marie Lopez, 25, of Torrington, was driving had a flat tire on Route 8 North, between the exit 39 on and off ramps, and she was in the left lane, trying to repair her tire, when she was struck by a vehicle.
Lopez was flown to Hartford Hospital, where she later died, police said.
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The driver who struck her stayed at the scene and was not injured.
State police are investigating and ask anyone with information to call Trooper Fitzgerald at Troop L at 860-626-7900.
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