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Fairfield Woman, 44, Killed In I-95 Westport Crash

A Fairfield County woman was killed after allegedly running into the back of a tanker on I-95 that was stopped for backed-up traffic.

A Fairfield woman was killed in a crash on I-95 in Westport.

A Fairfield woman was killed in a crash on I-95 in Westport.

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Julia Delva Clarke, age 44, of Fairfield, was killed around 12:30 a.m., Monday, Aug. 21, in Westport, said the Connecticut State Police.

A preliminary investigation found that Clarke was traveling north in the right lane in a 2019 Porsche Macan when she ran into the back of a Freightliner Cascadia which was towing a Kenworth tanker, state police said.

State Police said Clarke was pronounced dead at the scene.

The driver of the tractor-trailer sustained suspected minor injuries.

The cause of the crash remains under investigation. 

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