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Truck driver killed, three injured in crash near Mayerthorpe
2 }; | @1 W* @$ c1 C* Z0 u& i By Journal Staff, edmontonjournal.com March 25, 2012 8:02 PM StoryPhotos ( 1 ) 2 k9 p2 F1 j) t1 ?9 }
Crash on Highway 43Photograph by: Rick Colville , edmontonjournal.com
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& d. U1 [0 K! ]* BEDMONTON - 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.
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. Z+ U5 t$ }8 ]+ S" i' M2 ~, x0 j! c$ J( `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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7 U) Y- W& ?2 L! h& vThe collision caused extensive damage and the wreckage blocked both lanes of the highway.4 [* e$ Z$ I, ?
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A pickup truck travelling north could not stop in time and hit the back of one of the semis.; q* c* L5 K/ M
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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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3 f0 f! ^ ~2 S' ]RCMP do not believe alcohol or drugs played a role in the collision, though weather conditions may have been a factor.
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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.) `" T0 N3 y, H
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