A 28-year-old driver died after he rear-ended a tractor trailer on I-395 in Thompson Thursday, state police said.
The crash happened shortly before 12:50 p.m., when Louis Chrisovechotis of the Dayville section of Killingly was driving a 2003 Chevrolet Tahoe north behind a rig. The SUV struck the back of the truck, they said. Chrisovechotis was pronounced dead at the scene.
The driver of the tractor trailer, Radu Petrivich Motresku, 49, of Auburn, Ga., did not appear to be injured after the crash, state police said.