Driver named Lucky killed in highway rest area crash
FAIRFIELD, Conn. — Connecticut state police say a man was killed when his car crashed into an illegally parked tractor-trailer at a rest area off Interstate 95.
Troopers say 23-year-old Lucky Keophannga, of Bridgeport, was driving his car into the rest area off I-95 southbound in Fairfield shortly after 1 a.m. Thursday when it struck an 18-wheeler parked in a clearly marked fire lane. He was pronounced dead at the scene.
State police say the truck driver — 47-year-old Gabriel Thompson of Philadelphia — did not appear to be injured.
Authorities say the accident is under investigation and no charges have been filed.
The Connecticut Post reports there was a similar fatal accident at the same rest area in December 2012, when a vehicle struck an illegally parked tractor-trailer.
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