A man was killed as he was standing outside of a vehicle he crashed into a guardrail on Route 15 in Westport on Monday afternoon, when he was hit by an SUV.
Salvador Castelan-Flores, 50, of New Haven, had crashed a Chrysler Pacifica into a wooden beam guardrail on the southbound side of the highway prior to Exit 21 where he got out of the vehicle after it became disabled, according to Connecticut State Police.
As he was standing in the left lane around 4:15 p.m., the driver of a 2013 Nissan Pathfinder approached the area in the left lane and tried to avoid a collision by veering to the right, state police said. Castelan-Flores simultaneously jumped to the right and was struck by the SUV, according to state police. He was pronounced dead at the scene shortly after 4:30 p.m., state police said.
The driver of the Pathfinder, a 41-year-old Seymour man, was taken in an ambulance to Norwalk Hospital for what state police described as a “possible injury.”
The crash remains under investigation by the state police Collision Analysis and Reconstruction Squad. Witnesses or anyone with information have been asked to contact Trooper Roberto Juan at 203-696-2500 or roberto.juan@ct.gov.

