One teen is dead and another is seriously injured following a rollover crash on Interstate 91 in New Haven Wednesday night.
Isabela Jane Osler, 17, of Branford was killed after being ejected from the 1993 Jeep Cherokee she was riding in during a crash involving a flatbed trailer reported just after 10 p.m. on I-91 South in the area of Exit 7, according to Connecticut State Police.
The driver of the Jeep, a 17-year-old boy from Hamden, was seriously injured and was taken to Yale New Haven Hospital, state police said.
According to state police, the Hamden teen was in the right lane just north of Exit 7 when he approached a state Department of Transportation milling project that had the right lane tapered into the right center lane with construction cones. State police said they believe the teen “encroached into the right center lane” and collided with a flatbed trailer, sending the Jeep into a spin before it rolled over.
According to state police, Osler was ejected from the vehicle and was later pronounced dead at Yale New Haven Hospital.
The driver of the flatbed, a 24-year-old New York man, did not report any injuries.
The crash led to the southbound side of I-91 being shut down while police investigated at the scene. The crash remains under investigation.
Anyone with information has been asked to contact Trooper Daniel McCue at Daniel.mccue@ct.gov
