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Truck driver killed, three injured in crash near Mayerthorpe
% u- u4 G/ Y/ y2 ^ By Journal Staff, edmontonjournal.com March 25, 2012 8:02 PM StoryPhotos ( 1 )
- i- F2 }5 V& c, r9 x Crash on Highway 43Photograph by: Rick Colville , edmontonjournal.com0 b) j) K4 Y+ `
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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.1 f9 ?* L1 W2 p; ~" t
( F5 j) O3 l2 \; V1 p( s7 |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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9 u" R2 h/ h7 J+ X" O8 R# x2 iThe collision caused extensive damage and the wreckage blocked both lanes of the highway.
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2 n+ A: t }5 K9 JA pickup truck travelling north could not stop in time and hit the back of one of the semis.
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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 S) i m& E o& P+ }8 w: N
9 [' f, K9 A( y: C: |# w& V: wRCMP do not believe alcohol or drugs played a role in the collision, though weather conditions may have been a factor.* w8 E% ~5 B) g3 w# V
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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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