UPDATE: Victim Identified in Fatal Accident on I-95 in Branford

Update:

The victim in the early Sunday morning crash on I-95 South in Branford has been identified as Mary E. Chiapulis, 55, of Boylston, Massachusetts, according to NBC Connecticut.

NBC reports that Chiapulis was driving the wrong way near the Branford Service Plaza between Exits 53 and 54 and her car struck another car driven by Franck Dalembert, 54, of Norwalk (Stratford’s Dionne McCarthy, 47, was a passenger in Dalembert’s car).

A car driven by Milford’s Daniel Rizzo, 30, was then hit head on by Chiapulis’ car and Patsy Depalmer, 50, of Woodbridge, swerved to avoid the collision between Chiapulis and Rizzo, but Chiapulis spun toward the right lane and hit the front left corner of Depalmer’s Jeep, according to NBC.

Ansonia’s Anthony C. Lazzara, 28, and Michael A. Hough, 22, were passengers in Rizzo’s car and were among the injured, according to NBC.

Read the full story at NBC Connecticut here.

Original story

At 12:45 am on Sunday morning Branford Firefighters responded to a four car accident on southbound I-95 between exits 53 & 54, according to their Facebook page.

“When we arrived, we were faced with multiple patients including one in traumatic cardiac arrest as well as others with what appeared to be life threatening injuries” according to Branford Fire Department Deputy Chief William Pepe.

“One of the patients needed to be extricated from their vehicle using the Jaws of Life. Due to the resources required and the number of patients we needed to treat, we requested East Haven Fire Department for mutual aid,” added Pepe.

Branford Fire Department ambulances transported three patients and ambulances from Guilford Fire Department and American Medical Response transported the three additional patients to New Haven area hospitals.

I-95 southbound remained closed for approximately 3 hours while Connecticut State Police conducted their investigation.

One person was killed in the crash that happened on Interstate 95 south in Branford, WFSB 3 television reports.

The name of the deceased has not yet been released. We will continue to update this story.

Read the full WFSB 3 report here.