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Truck driver killed, three injured in crash near Mayerthorpe
0 B( K7 N$ u, w7 A% s By Journal Staff, edmontonjournal.com March 25, 2012 8:02 PM StoryPhotos ( 1 )
9 S7 V0 B7 C) [2 d4 g Crash on Highway 43Photograph by: Rick Colville , edmontonjournal.com* e% w. v4 [4 }9 k! m. Y0 E6 j2 p
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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.
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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.! s& [$ J, r5 p% s& @
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The collision caused extensive damage and the wreckage blocked both lanes of the highway.3 ?- R7 v6 H3 y5 X( W
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A pickup truck travelling north could not stop in time and hit the back of one of the semis.! P& L: S8 r6 a. g6 [& p
# W2 V( I* {& I, q7 r- T. BThe 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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& F- d! G) J) n. v8 D- aRCMP do not believe alcohol or drugs played a role in the collision, though weather conditions may have been a factor.1 }8 g! E- M$ c/ k1 w- c1 _- H" ~# q
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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.
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