Troopers said 26-year-old Brianna Sabol, of Milford, was driving on I-91 north before exit 12 around 8 p.m. when she went off of the road, went down an embankment and collided with a tree.
After hitting the tree, state police said Sabol's vehicle caught on fire.
Sabol and her passenger, later identified as 27-year-old Anton Miguel Colon-Duffy, of Meriden, were both pronounced dead at the scene.
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The case remains under investigation.
State police are investigating, and they ask anyone with information or video to call Trooper Rickey Cyr at Troop I at 203-393-4200 or e-mail rickey.cyr@ct.gov.
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