State Contractor Settles $1.8M Wrongful Death Suit In 2016 Crash

LEDYARD, CT—In the winter of 2016, then-19-year-old Meghean Walker of Mashantucket reportedly lost control of the pickup truck she was driving on Shewville Road and struck a guardrail, the metal of which broke through the front of the car and impaled her passenger the-22-year-old Brett Drake. He died as a result of his injures.

Drake was a Ledyard High School graduate. He was a Lumbee Tribe member.

Now, the company that installed the guardrail and the Town of Ledyard has settled a $1.8 million lawsuit brought by Drake's family, The Day reported.

Berlin, CT-based business, ADF, "installs metal beam guiderail, chain link fence and roadway signs for municipalities and the Connecticut Department of Transportation," it says on its website.

Read the full story from The Day here.