Truck driver killed, three injured in crash near Mayerthorpe

onroad

Truck driver killed, three injured in crash near Mayerthorpe
  By Journal Staff, edmontonjournal.com March 25, 2012 8:02 PM    StoryPhotos ( 1 )
Crash on Highway 43Photograph by: Rick Colville , edmontonjournal.com

! d& j) ~, p8 Y' nEDMONTON - 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.

3 b9 F) I& b2 o! f. JA 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.

& Y; j2 H, i; @* k. A* E& `! X) dThe collision caused extensive damage and the wreckage blocked both lanes of the highway.

( K$ ?; P: b& _A pickup truck travelling north could not stop in time and hit the back of one of the semis.

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.
1 M; K, L: y# p* N3 P1 P
; w( j1 F' Q  f6 Z- oRCMP do not believe alcohol or drugs played a role in the collision, though weather conditions may have been a factor.

* i9 J$ K& l9 ]( |The crash closed the northbound lanes of Highway 43 for several hours. The highway was expected to be fully open again late Sunday.
; N0 C* }  j8 H

高枕无忧1

交通事故每天都发生。你不撞人家，人家要撞你！

健康营养站

高枕无忧1 发表于 2012-3-25 19:58
交通事故每天都发生。你不撞人家，人家要撞你！

小眼带鱼

去年夏天在从Mayerthorp去Whitecourt的路上看到一辆minivan直接被撞成两段。我看到的时候离事故发生应该不到10分钟，好多车都在努力救minivan的司机。