State police are asking for the public’s help in finding out how a pedestrian ended up dead Wednesday night on a Meriden highway.
Troopers were dispatched to I-691 west shortly after 8:30 p.m. The caller said someone appeared to be lying on the highway between exits 9 and 8.
When they arrived, they found a female victim who appeared to have been struck by a vehicle, state police said. She was pronounced dead.
Anyone with information about what happened is asked to call the Troop I barracks in Bethany at 203-393-4200.