See, Pickups are more dangerous than a common car

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Reasons
( k! l+ K( \0 }" }1 r9 _4 C1.        it has much higher tendency of losing control
9 i6 `/ W% L  r. {2.        when head-on with another vehicle, its protection for passengers is very poor.
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1 T6 V/ K+ t2 X) k+ G) j1 P9 xPolice said a 53-year-old man travelling southbound in a pickup truck died after he lost control and veered sideways into the path of a northbound car.

- a' o; Y5 N5 D5 l6 tThe driver of the car was airlifted to hospital with life-threatening injuries.
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http://www.edmontonjournal.com/news/Highways+closed+Fort+McMurray+wintry+blast/7781699/story.html