Police: Westchester woman who left car to tend to child hit, killed on I-95 in Bridgeport

BRIDGEPORT, Connecticut -- Connecticut State Police say a New York woman who left her vehicle to tend to a child in the backseat on Interstate 95 was fatally struck by another car.

Troopers say 31-year-old Emma Torres exited the vehicle Saturday night in Bridgeport in the southbound lane.

Torres, of Mamaroneck, New York, was then sideswiped by an oncoming vehicle.
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Torres was taken to Bridgeport Hospital where she later died of her injuries. No one else was hurt.