Quick Facts:
Where: The accident occurred on Airport Road near Interstate 91 in Hartford, Connecticut.
What Happened: A tractor-trailer and a motorcycle collided under unspecified circumstances.
Participants:
- Elisha Swanson-Asiam, driver of motorcycle
- Driver of tractor-trailer
Reported Injuries/Fatalities:
- Elisha Swanson-Asiam, 21, killed
Details:
On or about Monday, October 19th, 2020, around 8:30 in the evening, a tractor-trailer accident with a motorcyclist left a 21-year-old dead. The accident happened on Airport Road approaching Interstate 91 in Hartford, Connecticut.
Investigators have said that 21-year-old Elisha Swanson-Asiam was killed when the motorcycle they were on and a tractor-trailer collided under unspecified circumstances. Swanson-Asiam was subsequently pronounced dead, but police did not specify if the victim die at the scene or after being transported to a nearby hospital.
Looking at the area where the accident took place on Google Streetview reveals that Airport Road is four lanes, with double yellow lines dividing east and westbound traffic. The exchange of Airport and I-91 is in the southern part of Hartford.
Police hope to release the findings of their investigation as soon as they become available.