WESTPORT, Conn. (AP) — A pedestrian was struck by a vehicle on a Connecticut highway early Saturday morning while helping victims of a previous car accident, state police said.
The person was hit just after midnight on Interstate 95 in Westport and taken to a hospital with minor injuries, Hearst Connecticut Media reported.
State police said a driver from Buffalo, New York, tried to avoid the earlier crash in the center lane, veered into the right lane and struck the pedestrian, a 45-year-old resident of Queens in New York City who was trying to help the accident victims.
The person who was hit was given a verbal warning for “reckless use of the highway by a pedestrian,” state police said.
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