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Truck driver killed, three injured in crash near Mayerthorpe
# C, h) y* I) \# L: `. c By Journal Staff, edmontonjournal.com March 25, 2012 8:02 PM StoryPhotos ( 1 ) 3 j; J% U F% G8 t; O t
Crash on Highway 43Photograph by: Rick Colville , edmontonjournal.com! K( ^. {, k3 a) g8 B3 V9 G
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EDMONTON - The driver of a semi-trailer unit is dead and three others are in hospital after a collision 15 kilometres north of Mayerthorpe Sunday morning. g& h" D4 P2 u% Q
& [; r Y+ M# [! F- }A southbound semi-trailer truck was turning left off Highway 43 at Township Road 584 at about 9:20 a.m. when it was struck by a northbound semi, Mayerthorpe RCMP said in a news release.
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( I8 b9 W* T- lThe collision caused extensive damage and the wreckage blocked both lanes of the highway.) P6 M$ z* n5 [! ~) g
* i. J; O/ x8 D1 tA pickup truck travelling north could not stop in time and hit the back of one of the semis.
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, C: L0 d# g2 i( ?The two occupants of the pickup were airlifted to Edmonton by air ambulance, one with non-life threatening injuries and the other in serious but stable condition. The driver of one semi was taken to hospital with non-life threatening injuries. The other semi driver was pronounced dead at the scene.
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8 C: `/ W3 C% \/ [. HRCMP do not believe alcohol or drugs played a role in the collision, though weather conditions may have been a factor.. s, G! V% h; p7 S: U
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The crash closed the northbound lanes of Highway 43 for several hours. The highway was expected to be fully open again late Sunday.' O3 o- W! ^8 W8 T
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