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Truck driver killed, three injured in crash near Mayerthorpe% }7 f3 a) p2 b1 `: q4 s
By Journal Staff, edmontonjournal.com March 25, 2012 8:02 PM StoryPhotos ( 1 )
- w! [0 U8 w4 Y# n0 k 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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; U0 ~5 k- k$ 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./ C, J) l/ l" {
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The collision caused extensive damage and the wreckage blocked both lanes of the highway.% v' d9 e2 x8 k) f4 S$ o* E0 g; ]
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A pickup truck travelling north could not stop in time and hit the back of one of the semis.
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2 N" Y9 }* a3 b4 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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RCMP 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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