MANCHESTER, Conn. — Two women in an Audi that was traveling the wrong way on Interstate 84 on the morning of Feb. 10 east of Manchester, Connecticutt, were killed after the vehicle hit a FedEx tractor-trailer head on, police said.
Connecticutt State Police said 44-year-old Brenda Mendrell, of Hartford, Connecticutt, was driving the Audi westbound in the eastbound lanes of the highway near exit 61 around 4:30 a.m.
State police said she crashed into the FedEx truck in the right lane, then hit another truck in the center lane.
Mendrell and her passenger, identified as 44-year-old Jermyra Cortes, also of Hartford, were pronounced dead at the scene.
The driver of the truck in the center lane was taken to an area hospital with minor injuries, according to police, while the FedEx driver was uninjured.
The investigation is ongoing.
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This is in Manchester, CT, not Manchester-By-The-Sea, MA. We don’t have an i-84 in this portion of MA, only from Sturbridge near the CT border. Do your extra research next time, idiot.
Not sure where y’all studied “journalism” but I sure hope those truckers have a better sense of direction than yours. Maybe you can share in the NYT Pulitzer for their “deeply reported account” of Russiagate, which never happened.
I think the AI that produced the article, needs a little correction. Thank you for the correction. I live next to Manchester MA, and this article was quite a shock to me.
I just looked it up . Manchester, CT… lol.
I don’t have to add my comment it’s already been said. 84 was closed and diverted to 291 on the way to NH.
The Accident Happened In Manchester Connecticut I-84 There is a 291 Right There on 84 Going To And Coming From I-91 North And South In Connecticut.