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Truck driver killed, three injured in crash near Mayerthorpe
: S/ H7 P f s+ b( z: U' r6 v By Journal Staff, edmontonjournal.com March 25, 2012 8:02 PM StoryPhotos ( 1 )
+ j4 N8 F: n! z8 E" h Crash on Highway 43Photograph by: Rick Colville , edmontonjournal.com! h: C6 N/ K9 m+ U$ h# Z* A4 O
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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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A 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.
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The collision caused extensive damage and the wreckage blocked both lanes of the highway.9 Y7 y5 B: e# N" F/ m$ A1 T( b3 ?1 b
# c4 ?; H/ f6 sA 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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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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5 r0 U' x( [$ [ }4 oThe crash closed the northbound lanes of Highway 43 for several hours. The highway was expected to be fully open again late Sunday.- f6 ^6 y2 y1 w
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