Truck driver killed, three injured in crash near Mayerthorpe

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Truck driver killed, three injured in crash near Mayerthorpe
+ z* z$ f  w9 r: `$ d. Y( i6 q9 t  By Journal Staff, edmontonjournal.com March 25, 2012 8:02 PM    StoryPhotos ( 1 )
& @9 E5 P( P+ n Crash on Highway 43Photograph by: Rick Colville , edmontonjournal.com
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* |5 N' y. K: K' @- `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.

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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  M( y" W% J+ @; M  qThe collision caused extensive damage and the wreckage blocked both lanes of the highway.

A pickup truck travelling north could not stop in time and hit the back of one of the semis.

1 @# A3 X# J3 {) r& z- n3 c) z# d4 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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4 V1 r/ J7 U4 v) NRCMP do not believe alcohol or drugs played a role in the collision, though weather conditions may have been a factor.
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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.

高枕无忧1

交通事故每天都发生。你不撞人家，人家要撞你！

健康营养站

高枕无忧1 发表于 2012-3-25 19:58
, o+ v/ Y: d- ^0 H5 `3 _交通事故每天都发生。你不撞人家，人家要撞你！

小眼带鱼

去年夏天在从Mayerthorp去Whitecourt的路上看到一辆minivan直接被撞成两段。我看到的时候离事故发生应该不到10分钟，好多车都在努力救minivan的司机。