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Truck driver killed, three injured in crash near Mayerthorpe5 g. @, W# L! t6 _4 }+ [- l- e
By Journal Staff, edmontonjournal.com March 25, 2012 8:02 PM StoryPhotos ( 1 ) + c+ F# B$ C( o( V+ a
Crash on Highway 43Photograph by: Rick Colville , edmontonjournal.com9 F( O. X# `: ?0 l0 y7 T# W
2 I$ |& B6 B m# m; o0 UEDMONTON - 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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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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, U/ B: z% }6 i) O* A ~The collision caused extensive damage and the wreckage blocked both lanes of the highway., d! S; Q7 A5 N$ H& y$ r
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A pickup truck travelling north could not stop in time and hit the back of one of the semis.0 c( m/ y8 ^) Y" `% `
9 C9 b/ p! J+ l9 N9 T, w9 }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.9 H1 [* q2 P- l
! S3 S3 \# h0 b2 o9 U }! TRCMP do not believe alcohol or drugs played a role in the collision, though weather conditions may have been a factor.. S% @' G$ g0 T# E" Q/ r& ? E
" n2 U. o# J5 ^- h" L( q+ `/ ~The crash closed the northbound lanes of Highway 43 for several hours. The highway was expected to be fully open again late Sunday./ F& Q# e' O- N" s- ^9 a
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