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Truck driver killed, three injured in crash near Mayerthorpe
( R' Z/ |! c7 z) w+ V By Journal Staff, edmontonjournal.com March 25, 2012 8:02 PM StoryPhotos ( 1 )
# j' r4 v9 ]. i, U$ z6 `! K/ R Crash on Highway 43Photograph by: Rick Colville , edmontonjournal.com
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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.+ P* a5 s( w2 Y0 z5 ] U5 }
2 C: x5 @% o6 [( }7 u( x1 ]! SA 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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The collision caused extensive damage and the wreckage blocked both lanes of the highway.
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* m h D W& c+ U& u: SA pickup truck travelling north could not stop in time and hit the back of one of the semis.
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. q/ f9 h; K x) f: v# CThe 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.1 C% T1 t* ?# P8 k' O
$ O4 `7 s! C6 iRCMP do not believe alcohol or drugs played a role in the collision, though weather conditions may have been a factor., A: c- g$ p1 I# `
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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.6 a: r: s4 C; {; z) A
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