Woman, 25, Dies In East Hartford Car Crash: Police

EAST HARTFORD, CT — A 25-year-old Hartford woman died in a car crash in East Hartford late Thursday night, police said.

According to state police, at around 11:30 p.m. Thursday she was driving in the right shoulder of Route 2 eastbound, east of exit 5, when her car swerved into the right lane and sideswiped another car.

The impact caused her to lose control, and the car traveled across the highway and hit the metal beam guardrail in the left shoulder. The car then went through the guardrail and down a grassy embankment in the median, hit a large stump, then stopped at the bottom of the embankment, police said.

The driver, 25-year-old Wanda Figueroa of Hartford, sustained serious injuries and was pronounced dead at the scene. The driver of the car she sideswiped was uninjured, and that car was driven from the scene, police said.

Anyone who witnessed the crash or drove through the area at that time in a car equipped with a dashcam is asked to contact Trooper Michael Dean of CSP Troop H at 860-534-1098 or through email at michael.dean@ct.gov.