Georgia Power employee dies after hitting parked tractor-trailer in Forest Park

Georgia State Patrol troopers are investigating a deadly wreck  in Forest Park on Tuesday evening.

Credit: AJC File

Credit: AJC File

Georgia State Patrol troopers are investigating a deadly wreck in Forest Park on Tuesday evening.

A man died after a crash involving a parked tractor-trailer in Forest Park on Wednesday evening, authorities said.

The incident happened along Falcon Drive about 7:30 p.m. and killed Gabriel Muns Villanueva, 28, of Atlanta, the Georgia State Patrol said.

Troopers determined that Villanueva struck an unoccupied tractor-trailer.

No other information was available, and the case remains under investigation.

According to Villanueva’s public Facebook page, he was a test engineer for Georgia Power since 2017. His page also says he was born in San Juan, Puerto Rico.

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