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Truck driver killed, three injured in crash near Mayerthorpe
- \2 Y1 {* n: h L, a; N By Journal Staff, edmontonjournal.com March 25, 2012 8:02 PM StoryPhotos ( 1 ) ) }, m0 J/ v _0 \
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$ p3 [7 |# ~3 H* H
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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.
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* [" I1 a6 ?/ Z/ X1 y3 TThe collision caused extensive damage and the wreckage blocked both lanes of the highway.1 ]' m- X7 e a
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A pickup truck travelling north could not stop in time and hit the back of one of the semis.' @/ r1 y/ b0 T0 s9 s
* q: \4 P/ F; B+ N/ C: XThe 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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" h0 D8 A# o% b. f' p5 f) u& K/ \5 [RCMP do not believe alcohol or drugs played a role in the collision, though weather conditions may have been a factor.# Y: c- v. U% M# ^2 K/ s
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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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