Police Halt Funeral Procession On I-95 After Participants Seen Hanging Out Of Vehicles: State Police

STAMFORD, CT — A funeral procession was stopped on Interstate 95 in Fairfield County on Friday afternoon after motorists reported seeing participants hanging out of moving vehicles, according to authorities.

At approximately 12:50 p.m. June 5, Connecticut State Police at Troop G received multiple 911 calls reporting that people participating in the funeral procession on I-95 southbound were hanging out of moving vehicles, according to preliminary information released by state police.

Troopers responded to the area and conducted a traffic stop of the lead vehicle in the procession, causing the entire procession to stop and prompting a brief shutdown of the highway, state police said.

The procession was then allowed to continue off I-95 to a cemetery in Stamford.

State police said the incident remains under investigation. It was not immediately clear whether any charges would be filed.