Old Saybrook, CT : Gales Ferry woman killed in Old Saybrook crash on Thursday, October 30, 2014

A 73-year-old Gales Ferry woman was killed Thursday when she lost control of her car on Route 9 south and crashed into a bridge, according to state police. Kathleen B. Tedeschi of Gales Ferry was driving a 2005 Volvo on Route 9 south at 2:30 p.m. near the junction of Interstate 95 when her car traveled off the roadway into the grassy area and collided with an I-95 bridge abutment, according to Connecticut State Police Troop F Sgt. Sal Calvo. She was airlifted by LifeStar to Yale-New Haven Hospital where she was pronounced dead, Calvo said. The highway was closed for 45 minutes while emergency workers and police cleared the scene. Source : Gales Ferry woman killed in Old Saybrook crash