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Driver killed after car hits parked tractor-trailer at Virginia interstate rest area

Virginia State Police: Toyota sedan hit back of parked tractor-trailer before bursting into flames at Interstate 66 rest area
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PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY, Va. — One person is dead after a car struck a parked tractor-trailer and burst into flames at an Interstate 66 rest area Saturday afternoon.

Virginia State Police said the crash happened around 3:15 p.m. at the eastbound rest area at the 49-mile marker on I-66. That is about two miles from the Prince William Parkway exit.

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Investigators said a Toyota sedan hit the back of a legally parked tractor-trailer and then caught fire.

The driver of the sedan died at the scene. The driver of the tractor-trailer, who was resting in the cab at the time of the crash, was not injured.

The crash remains under investigation, officials said.

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