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A man was seriously hurt on Friday night in a Tooele County crash.
A semi-truck was parked on the side of westbound Interstate 80, about 12 miles west of Knolls, when a Pontiac Bonneville sideswiped the back of the trailer, according to the Utah Highway Patrol. The 45-year-old driver was not wearing a seat belt and was thrown from the Pontiac as it rolled, UHP added in a news release.
The crash occurred about 10:30 p.m.
The driver of the Pontiac was taken to the hospital in serious condition, and has since been stabilized.
The semi-truck was out of traffic with its warning triangles out, waiting for a maintenance vehicle, according to the release. The semi's driver was in the sleeper berth when the crash occurred, and was uninjured.
Troopers are still investigating the crash.
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