OLD LYME, CT : Woman hit, killed on I-95 while checking on child on Thursday, December 01, 2016

State police say a Middletown woman had gotten out of her vehicle to check on a 1-year-old child in the back seat on Interstate 95 when she was hit and killed by a tractor-trailer in Old Lyme.

Police say 31-year-old Ashley Ferguson was standing near the rear driver-side door around 11:30 a.m. Thursday when she was struck. She was pronounced dead at the scene.

The child and another passenger weren’t hurt. Police say the child was taken to a clinic as a precaution.

The state Department of Transportation said the southbound lanes between exits 71 and 70 were shut down after the accident.

State police said one lane of the highway and the ramp to exit 71 were reopened around 8 p.m. Thursday.

Police are investigating.

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Woman hit, killed on I-95 while checking on child