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A64 crash: Man, 19, killed as car collides with parked lorry

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The crash happened on the A64 eastbound at about 01:00 BST on Friday.

A man has died after the car he was driving crashed into a parked lorry.

The 19-year-old man was in a black Vauxhall Corsa when it collided with an HGV in a lay-by alongside the A64 near Steeton.

The crash, in which no-one else was injured. happened on the road's eastbound carriageway at about 01:00 BST on Friday.

The A64 was closed eastbound between junction 44 of the A1(M) and the A1237 roundabout. It reopened at about 12:00.

North Yorkshire Police has appealed for witnesses to the collision, or anyone who saw the Vauxhall prior to the collision, to come forward.

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