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Truck driver killed, three injured in crash near Mayerthorpe4 G( I1 \, `# V, o, f( |- r- l
By Journal Staff, edmontonjournal.com March 25, 2012 8:02 PM StoryPhotos ( 1 )
0 d$ G) X8 q) _3 D8 H! @ Crash on Highway 43Photograph by: Rick Colville , edmontonjournal.com
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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.& A8 R- O% ]8 p2 q, ?$ m
; ], X8 f, x7 ~4 z# g* tA 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., i/ o; ^8 c6 ^. m+ Y, [
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The collision caused extensive damage and the wreckage blocked both lanes of the highway.
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A pickup truck travelling north could not stop in time and hit the back of one of the semis.
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% S7 [" a- e3 iThe 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.. d" y9 m0 W) m! k' l9 I3 n
6 Z- _; x& u8 D( `RCMP do not believe alcohol or drugs played a role in the collision, though weather conditions may have been a factor.% t/ P1 K, J- q$ W" p5 C
@4 g. `- b" i3 s* H* DThe crash closed the northbound lanes of Highway 43 for several hours. The highway was expected to be fully open again late Sunday.2 q+ X3 X' G! N4 _8 g
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