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The eastbound lanes of Highway 417 near Boundary Road were closed Wednesday morning after a man was killed when he crashed into the back of a tractor trailer parked on the side of the highway.
Marc Messier, an Ottawa Fire Services spokesman, said the truck driver was asleep when the car slammed into the back of his cab around 7:45 a.m..
The vehicle was partially trapped under the truck when firefighters arrived.
The man was pronounced dead at the scene and remained trapped underneath the truck.
Messier said no one else was in the car.
OPP Const. Rhéal Levac said truck drivers are only allowed to drive for a certain number of hours before they have to stop for a rest.
Ideally, drivers stop at a rest spots off the highway, but sometimes they are forced to stop on the side of a highway, Levac said.
As long as the trucks aren’t in the way of oncoming traffic, it’s legal for them to park on the shoulder.
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Marc Messier, an Ottawa Fire Services spokesman, said the truck driver was asleep when the car slammed into the back of his cab around 7:45 a.m..
The vehicle was partially trapped under the truck when firefighters arrived.
The man was pronounced dead at the scene and remained trapped underneath the truck.
Messier said no one else was in the car.
OPP Const. Rhéal Levac said truck drivers are only allowed to drive for a certain number of hours before they have to stop for a rest.
Ideally, drivers stop at a rest spots off the highway, but sometimes they are forced to stop on the side of a highway, Levac said.
As long as the trucks aren’t in the way of oncoming traffic, it’s legal for them to park on the shoulder.
mhurley@ottawacitizen.com
Twitter.com/meghan_hurley
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