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Woman killed in Highway 2 crash near High River

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Deadly crash on Highway 2
WATCH: One woman was killed in a two-vehicle crash on Highway 2 on Thursday. – Sep 30, 2016

A woman was killed and a man suffered serious injuries in a crash south of Calgary on Thursday.

It happened on Highway 2, about six kilometres south of High River, just before midnight.

RCMP said a northbound SUV collided head-on with a car travelling southbound.

The driver of the car was pronounced dead at the scene.

The driver of the SUV, a 32-year-old man, was airlifted to hospital in Calgary by STARS Air Ambulance.

“All possible contributing factors into this collision are being investigated,” RCMP said in a news release.

Traffic on southbound Highway 2 was detoured around the crash; one lane on northbound Highway 2 remained open.

The town of High River is located about 70 kilometres south of Calgary.

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