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RIO RICO, Arizona — One truck driver is fighting for his life and another has been booked on attempted murder charges following a parking spot dispute at an Arizona truck stop that turned bloody yesterday.

 

Dereck Johnson, a 37-year-old South Carolina-based truck driver, has been arrested and charged with 2^nd degree attempted homicide for allegedly stabbing another truck driver at the Pilot Travel Center in Rio Rico, according to Nogales International.

 

The incident took place around 3 p.m., sheriff Antonio Estrada says, in the truck stop parking lot: “There was a dispute, a disagreement over parking of the tractor-trailers on the lot there.”

 

The verbal argument in the parking lot moved into the truck stop building, where it escalated. “The suspect obviously took out a knife, yielded a knife, and stabbed the victim in the frontal area numerous times,” Estrada said.

 

Police say that Johnson did not resist arrest.

 

The victim, 33-year-old Pennsylvania-based truck driver Ahmet Gumoskaya, was airlifted to the hospital and is listed in serious condition.