The woman died in the south-bound lanes near Exit 3 at about 9:40 p.m.
SPRINGFIELD - It will take some time before authorities will release the identity of a woman struck and killed by traffic on Interstate 91 Saturday night, Trooper Thomas Murphy, a state police spokesman, said Sunday morning.
Murphy said an autopsy has yet to be performed.
The woman died in the south-bound lanes near Exit 3 at about 9:40 p.m.
Murphy said the exact nature of the incident is still under investigation.
Police shut the interstate down for more than two hours.