Truck driver killed, three injured in crash near Mayerthorpe

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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 )
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.

  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.

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高枕无忧1

交通事故每天都发生。你不撞人家，人家要撞你！

健康营养站

高枕无忧1 发表于 2012-3-25 19:58
* v1 `0 t0 @  O1 ]6 r交通事故每天都发生。你不撞人家，人家要撞你！

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小眼带鱼

去年夏天在从Mayerthorp去Whitecourt的路上看到一辆minivan直接被撞成两段。我看到的时候离事故发生应该不到10分钟，好多车都在努力救minivan的司机。