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AMANDA RICHARDSON/QMI AGENCY

A simple message to a friend is scribed on the backside of a Highway 63 roadside memorial for a man who was claimed by the road in 2008, approximately 30 km north of Fort McMurray.

Looking at fatal collisions:

2012

nApril 27 Seven peopleare killed in a head-on

collision south o FortMcMurray. Dead are Shannon,Trena and Benjamin Wheaton,along with Courtney Penney,John Schroeder, FaithKondusky-Sennet and DanSennet

2011

n Dec. 31 One man diesnear Mariana Lake in a our-vehicle collisionn Dec. 14 A 65-year-oldCalgary man is killed southo Fort McMurray in head-oncrashn Nov. 13 Head-oncollision between WanderingRiver and Mariana Lake kills a42-year-old mann Feb. 3 The collision o acube van and a truck-haulingnorth o Fort McMurray leavesone man dead

2010

nDec. 13 Crash nearMariana Lake kills two people

nApril 23 Man killed inhead-on crash 30 km south oMariana Laken Feb. 18 One man killed inhead-on collisionnJan. 18 The operator o acrane dies when the machinetopples o the highway inFort McMurraynJan. 10 A 50-year-oldman and woman, 47, arekilled 90 km south o Fort

McMurray

2009

n Oct. 15 Man killed 40 kmnorth o Fort McMurraynSept. 28 Man killedin collision south o FortMcMurraynSept. 28 Dennis JamesJahraus, 52, o Fort McMurraydies south o Mariana Lake ina head-on crash with a semi

nAug. 4 A rollover outsideAtmore kills a 50-year-oldEdmonton woman

n May 12 A collision northo Mariana Lake kills ScottCliord Pretty, 48, o StonyPlainnApril 9 A three-vehiclecrash kills one personbetween Atmore andGrassland, which is 150 kmnortheast o EdmontonnJan. 28 One personkilled 20 km north o Boyle,which is 160 km north oEdmonton, when their car hitrom behind by tractor trailernJan. 28 Two men and awoman die in collision near

Thorhild, about 85 km northo EdmontonnJan. 28 A man andwoman die while feeingpolice near Hwy. 881nJan. 13 Icy conditionslead to mans death 30 kmnorth o Mariana Lake

2008

n Dec. 31 A collision witha semi-trailer near Boyle kills

one personn Dec. 7 Renato Huelgas,47, Ralph Adriano, 49, AprilBuenafor, 23, and Yvette

Nones, 28, o Fort McMurrayare killed when theirsouthound SUV is T-boned bya northbound semi about 50km north o Wandering River,which is 75 km north o LacLa Bichen Nov. 23 A rollover nearMariana Lake kills a 70-year-old mann Oct. 27 Shikta Talati, 23,o Edmonton is killed 10 kmnorth o Mariana Lake in ahead-on crashn Oct. 18 A 38-year-oldQuebec is man killed when

his vehicle is T-boned north oFort McMurraynAug. 24 Robert Mariono Kentucky dies aterhis pickup collides with adump truck 1 km north oConederation Way, near FortMcMurraynJuly 7 Bus driver RandyWilkin o Elmira, Ont., diesater being ejected in acollision with a fatbed trucknorth o Fort McMurraynJune 19 A head-on

collision 48 km north oWandering River leaves a 31-year-old Edmonton man dead

n May 18 Man dies aterhis vehicle hits a utility pollnear Hwy. 881n May 19 A motorist diesin a rollover near the FortMcKay turnon May 4 A head-oncollision north o FortMcMurray kills William Myers,48, o ValleyviewnApril 18 Calgarian JohnKinnon McDonald, 23, dies inhead-on crash north o FortMcMurrayn March 28 A six-carpile-up between Boyle and

Grassland kills a man and awomann March 20 The drivero a semi-trailer truck iskilled when his rig clipsanother vehicle north o FortMcMurrayn Feb. 8 NewoundlanderJason Mark Aye, 32, andPatrick LeClerc, 24, oKirkland Lake, Ont., die in ahead-on crash between twopickup trucks north o FortMcMurray.

2007

n Dec. 27 A cab driver diesin a head-on crash south ofFort McMurrayn Dec. 19 Head-on crash10 km north of WanderingRiver kills one mann Dec. 12 Bus driverHarvey Treichel of Edmontonis killed after a collision southof Fort McMurrayn Dec. 3 A three-vehiclecollision near Boyle takesthe life of a 47-year-oldWandering River womann Nov. 30 Wade Langdon,38, of Botwood, N.L., and

James Allan Davis, 47, of St.Albans, N.L., are killed nearMariana Lake in a three-vehicle crashn Nov. 30 Kevin Mehaney,49, of Wandering River diesin a head-on accident 50 kmsouth of Fort McMurrayn Nov. 9 A collision witha tanker truck kills oneman 200 km south of FortMcMurrayn Nov. 6 Rollover accidentkills one man near Hwy. 28n Oct. 30 A man iskilled in a collision betweenWandering River and