Police are still investigating an accident on Route 79 in Durham Wednesday that killed 61-year-old Durham resident Wanda Jacques-Gill.
According to NBC30, Jacques-Gill was crossing the street to pick her mail when she was hit by a Jeep being driven by 39-year-old William Zanks, who lived on the same stretch of Route 79 as Jacques-Gill.
Jacques-Gill was a member of the Durham Animal Rescue Team, and worked for 21 years at the Connecticut State Medical Society, in addition to being the managing editor of Connecticut Medicine, the Hartford Courant reported.
She was also a member of the town's Community Emergency Response Team, having been sworn in earlier this year.
See NBCConnecticut’s video interview with Jacques-Gill’s husband, Ronald Gill Jr.
