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NATCHITOCHES, La. (KALB) - A Monroe man was hurt in a two-vehicle crash that happened Monday morning around 9:25 a.m. on I-49, north of Natchitoches, according to the Natchitoches Parish Sheriff’s Office. NPSO deputies said a 2017 GMC pickup truck, driven by a 33-year-old man from Monroe, was traveling south on I-49 near milepost 146 when he allegedly fell asleep at the wheel. The vehicle went off the road to the right shoulder, hitting a parked and unoccupied 2009 GMC. The pickup truck kept traveling several hundred feet before hitting a tree. Acadian Ambulance traveling through the area stopped at the scene to render aid. The driver was assessed at the scene and released without transport. Both vehicles had heavy damage.