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Truck driver killed, three injured in crash near Mayerthorpe
- i1 v1 w |* w v By Journal Staff, edmontonjournal.com March 25, 2012 8:02 PM StoryPhotos ( 1 ) G0 n/ P8 _$ T% D7 i$ J
Crash on Highway 43Photograph by: Rick Colville , edmontonjournal.com! P- p: w% e7 z( {; O8 e0 q8 }% w
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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.- e' A/ d- Z8 O4 E( I+ A! j1 u
{8 |4 m0 _6 Q8 i9 u6 M- [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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The collision caused extensive damage and the wreckage blocked both lanes of the highway.
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% F ^7 M0 S9 x& a4 M. v2 PA pickup truck travelling north could not stop in time and hit the back of one of the semis./ X5 N: Q/ Q' @+ D
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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.5 l$ r+ s0 o( v' Z8 S- z% k
, b% ?! P: e# c7 j2 cRCMP do not believe alcohol or drugs played a role in the collision, though weather conditions may have been a factor.
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( L# Y+ s# D) T. OThe crash closed the northbound lanes of Highway 43 for several hours. The highway was expected to be fully open again late Sunday." E& x( V; P5 S% ~/ f$ z
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