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Truck driver killed, three injured in crash near Mayerthorpe
( t; C1 E2 G! f( `# { By Journal Staff, edmontonjournal.com March 25, 2012 8:02 PM StoryPhotos ( 1 ) 7 D" d6 K2 ~: h2 m( O- Y1 L* n0 @7 V% z
Crash on Highway 43Photograph by: Rick Colville , edmontonjournal.com
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J7 T( Z5 N* I. TEDMONTON - 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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8 d4 c D2 C- G$ }6 O% rA 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.; |. Q: t7 e1 @: L& p! p# q- b
4 V! Y Q$ a& x. pThe collision caused extensive damage and the wreckage blocked both lanes of the highway.
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* T: T O6 Y0 b: fA 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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5 @9 G+ ]! V$ E. b1 R, @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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