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Truck driver killed, three injured in crash near Mayerthorpe
# y7 X( m( `6 G3 k1 h By Journal Staff, edmontonjournal.com March 25, 2012 8:02 PM StoryPhotos ( 1 ) 1 E" T) j) x, x% ^, \7 ^& m, ]) L
Crash on Highway 43Photograph by: Rick Colville , edmontonjournal.com
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( Y& k( `2 n# q& n: I! j5 G, ?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.1 {' O. ?- G0 |% W0 u
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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.8 }2 s% B* B: o' g( ?
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The collision caused extensive damage and the wreckage blocked both lanes of the highway.
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1 ?' B7 R) R/ i4 HA pickup truck travelling north could not stop in time and hit the back of one of the semis.
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J+ j; t& X9 T D3 P' U* EThe 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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& k* X: C2 o: r tRCMP do not believe alcohol or drugs played a role in the collision, though weather conditions may have been a factor.
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# s) m, P7 t: C8 [; eThe crash closed the northbound lanes of Highway 43 for several hours. The highway was expected to be fully open again late Sunday.7 d t. q! N* ~' A/ j- x* @
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