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Truck driver killed, three injured in crash near Mayerthorpe8 N- X9 e w: [& k% e' ?
By Journal Staff, edmontonjournal.com March 25, 2012 8:02 PM StoryPhotos ( 1 )
; ]- |3 c7 g$ d Crash on Highway 43Photograph by: Rick Colville , edmontonjournal.com' E, ^6 X8 f; @3 d9 [
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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." q+ L9 [$ E" w9 l$ Z5 W
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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.! f( H( f- h' g
) B |8 f5 `. K& UThe collision caused extensive damage and the wreckage blocked both lanes of the highway.
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; e9 o7 j, n) v4 D' pA 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.
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: \) c4 u$ j6 _* Y6 J/ HRCMP do not believe alcohol or drugs played a role in the collision, though weather conditions may have been a factor.
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( C4 Y- A0 {1 U; C2 ~# c7 |/ WThe crash closed the northbound lanes of Highway 43 for several hours. The highway was expected to be fully open again late Sunday.* z# _2 C f- v/ p
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