See, Pickups are more dangerous than a common car

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+ a* d+ y. g# {* k$ g8 n3 g2.        when head-on with another vehicle, its protection for passengers is very poor.
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- F$ r) f" F6 c( L8 ?$ Z, wPolice 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.
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" s! K% Y6 B( J" f; |1 G; ?The 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