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Truck driver killed, three injured in crash near Mayerthorpe
s$ P" }- e5 x2 ^ By Journal Staff, edmontonjournal.com March 25, 2012 8:02 PM StoryPhotos ( 1 ) / S7 e" W. t8 B9 b1 }9 _/ `+ `
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.
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1 C$ m$ k: c H: V0 ^! b5 jA 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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4 N4 _; {. u9 o7 l; Q0 gThe collision caused extensive damage and the wreckage blocked both lanes of the highway.' H' z1 f# x) z
C" _2 b; |- C0 o) RA 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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6 U! W% i2 |/ y5 QRCMP do not believe alcohol or drugs played a role in the collision, though weather conditions may have been a factor.
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, D/ e' g8 h0 B& N- k' y* MThe crash closed the northbound lanes of Highway 43 for several hours. The highway was expected to be fully open again late Sunday.' l$ e! }2 p8 g# I1 T
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