See, Pickups are more dangerous than a common car

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Reasons
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2.        when head-on with another vehicle, its protection for passengers is very poor.
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* ?' [1 Y2 ]5 E! ?& ~, k  G$ R8 T- T5 k+ pPolice said a 53-year-old man travelling southbound in a pickup truck died after he lost control and veered sideways into the path of a northbound car.
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8 @& V0 S, v5 U( g5 H0 [' ?The driver of the car was airlifted to hospital with life-threatening injuries.
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http://www.edmontonjournal.com/news/Highways+closed+Fort+McMurray+wintry+blast/7781699/story.html