South Windsor Woman Charged In Connection To Rocky Hill Crash: Police

ROCKY HILL, CT — A South Windsor woman has been charged in connection with a serious rollover accident involving a tractor trailer that shut down Interstate 91 in Rocky Hill for several hours Sunday.

According to Connecticut State Police on Tuesday, Fernandita Aquino-Almonte, 37, of Edgewood Drive, South Windsor, was charged with liability of owner, operator or lessee; illegal operation of a motor vehicle without minimum insurance; evading responsibility of injury/property damage; failure to drive in the proper lane; and interfering with a police officer/resisting arrest.

She was released on a $5,000 bond and is slated to appear in Manchester Superior Court Sept. 29, according to police.

Police said Aquino-Almonte was taken into custody on Sunday after being involved with a crash involving a tractor trailer in Rocky Hill.

She was later taken to the state police barracks at Troop H in Hartford and processed.

According to the accident report released by state police Tuesday, Aquino-Almonte was driving a 2009 Acura Mdx Tech on I-91 north near Exit 24 in Rocky Hill at about 5:22 a.m. Sunday morning.

While the suspect was driving in the left lane of four, a tractor trailer being driven by 57-year-old Bridgeport man was traveling on I-91 north in a center lane.

Police said Aquino-Almonte's vehicle "made a sudden lane change and decelerated."

As a result, the driver of the tractor trailer was unable to stop and collided with the rear of the suspect's Acura.

The collision, police said, caused the Acura to spin out and slam into a wire rope barrier and the tractor trailer to roll over onto its side.

No injuries were reported, but the accident closed that section of I-91 for several hours for crews to clean up the scene and for police to investigate.

Early reports indicated one person was hurt amid the crash, but the accident report released Tuesday indicated the absence of any injuries associated with the accident.

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From Sept. 17: '1 Hurt, Highway Lanes Closed After TT Rollover In Rocky Hill: UPDATE'