Truck driver killed, three injured in crash near Mayerthorpe

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Truck driver killed, three injured in crash near Mayerthorpe
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  a- ?# `3 c4 L6 f( p4 e Crash on Highway 43Photograph by: Rick Colville , edmontonjournal.com
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" h4 [, @# j0 D' yEDMONTON - 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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* t! T# n: A1 X7 P6 C* B. [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.

! f- u- J0 t1 S; tThe collision caused extensive damage and the wreckage blocked both lanes of the highway.
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$ c$ i# s% [3 I( D; zA pickup truck travelling north could not stop in time and hit the back of one of the semis.
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# i' p" i9 D" ?! P2 ]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.

  U6 H. ~" n' ^2 t" R: f6 v3 r0 XRCMP do not believe alcohol or drugs played a role in the collision, though weather conditions may have been a factor.

: E4 v0 L' Q" T* _. o7 tThe 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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高枕无忧1

交通事故每天都发生。你不撞人家，人家要撞你！

健康营养站

高枕无忧1 发表于 2012-3-25 19:58
# _0 G& m0 _/ O9 m: Y交通事故每天都发生。你不撞人家，人家要撞你！

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小眼带鱼

去年夏天在从Mayerthorp去Whitecourt的路上看到一辆minivan直接被撞成两段。我看到的时候离事故发生应该不到10分钟，好多车都在努力救minivan的司机。