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A 42-year-old truck driver from New Jersey parked on the side of the New York State Thruway in Orange County was struck and killed by a tractor-trailer early Wednesday, authorities said. Jose L. Payano was standing outside his vehicle around 12:10 a.m. on the southbound shoulder between exits 17 and exit 16 in Woodbury when he was hit, New York State Police said. Payano, of Plainfield, was pronounced dead at the scene near mile marker 47.2 of Interstate 87, officials. The 30-year-old Albany, New York man who struck Payano was hospitalized with injuries considered that police described as not l…

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