A 57-year-old Weston man was killed while attempting to change a tire on a tractor-trailer along Interstate 95 in Greenwich early Friday morning.
Police said Henry Wagmeisler, a 57-year-old technician from Weston, responded to change a tire on a disabled tractor-trailer by exit 2. He was outside his service truck when another tractor-trailer hit his vehicle just before 3 a.m., according to state police.
Wagmeisler was killed.
The driver of the disabled truck, Landy Narcisse-Parra, 25, of Elizabeth, New Jersey, suffered minor injuries and was transported to Stamford Hospital.
Police said Garfield Simmonds, 48, of Florida, was driving the truck that hit Wagmeisler’s vehicle and was also transported for medical treatment.
The crash is under investigation.
The northbound side of the highway was closed for hours as police responded.
Photo Credit: Connecticut Department of Transportation
