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Driver killed in crash with semi parked on shoulder

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A truck driver is dead after crashing into another big rig parked on the side of the road. 

The accident happened on Tuesday afternoon, February 2nd in Liberty County, Georgia. 

According to WSAV News, a semi truck was stopped on the shoulder of Interstate 95 near mile marker 71 when another semi truck struck it from behind. The force of the impact moved the parked truck several feet and obliterated the cab of the moving tractor trailer. 

43-year-old Fortuna Castenda, the driver of the parked rig, suffered only minor injuries in the wreck and was taken to a nearby hospital. 64-year-old Larry Perry, the driver of the moving truck, was pronounced dead at the scene. 

The crash caused a fuel leak that had to be cleaned up, but no further details surrounding the crash have been released. 

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