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Truck driver killed, three injured in crash near Mayerthorpe# u0 |- B; u$ Z8 c h
By Journal Staff, edmontonjournal.com March 25, 2012 8:02 PM StoryPhotos ( 1 ) # L% p5 O# _5 s3 f+ `
Crash on Highway 43Photograph by: Rick Colville , edmontonjournal.com' ]3 n' n/ T9 H1 Y! ~, Y5 O
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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.
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/ F. R& Q) I. ~6 L4 kA 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.3 [$ A& n% l' n
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The collision caused extensive damage and the wreckage blocked both lanes of the highway./ E$ M C1 c3 Q! Q) ~. M' A6 j
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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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$ K9 N" \1 G. l T- C0 O# hThe 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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RCMP do not believe alcohol or drugs played a role in the collision, though weather conditions may have been a factor. O& x6 r0 t& V# [2 r' [5 y
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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.
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