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Truck driver killed, three injured in crash near Mayerthorpe
8 _: ]- K- `! A2 [& x By Journal Staff, edmontonjournal.com March 25, 2012 8:02 PM StoryPhotos ( 1 )
( w6 M! U, i- L! p* V* q) u. V8 q Crash on Highway 43Photograph by: Rick Colville , edmontonjournal.com7 q+ f$ ~! Y2 i! Z
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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.2 s6 q7 D& i3 ]
% ]$ ^: q8 ?9 cA 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.6 e3 v5 g7 Q2 Z2 `) ?: @6 ^" ^
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The collision caused extensive damage and the wreckage blocked both lanes of the highway.
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5 A5 P9 {! C0 D8 ~2 pA pickup truck travelling north could not stop in time and hit the back of one of the semis., ]4 c* D2 n4 i6 ~8 b& N% J
* q' {- `7 n, N: 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.
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/ u2 R7 R+ c- X$ LRCMP 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. o5 P1 a" _4 i$ q; ^
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