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Truck driver killed, three injured in crash near Mayerthorpe
) p2 q3 ^3 _( k N) M# m By Journal Staff, edmontonjournal.com March 25, 2012 8:02 PM StoryPhotos ( 1 )
$ Z' J6 p& e4 p. }) @/ b; c 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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4 w/ k6 W6 @0 x8 WA 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.: D/ v; O# R9 g
- [# Z' U6 t% C4 H3 p5 @The collision caused extensive damage and the wreckage blocked both lanes of the highway.. k. ~) V2 {" m' k5 d
, B) \6 W8 b% fA pickup truck travelling north could not stop in time and hit the back of one of the semis.) [2 \9 n( F }, L* q+ Q( m. \$ F
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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.- ^% O) l- _' L* e2 j1 T7 [
' b+ q3 _0 [( x4 L! 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.
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