Woman killed in head-on crash on Trans-Canada Highway

CALGARY- RCMP have confirmed a woman is dead after a head-on collision Tuesday morning on the Trans-Canada Highway east of Golden B.C.

The highway was shut down  at about 8:30 a.m. when two vehicles collided 28 kilometres east of Golden near the west entrance to Yoho National Park.

RCMP say a westbound Toyota Camry crossed the centre line and crashed into an eastbound pickup truck.

A woman who was a passenger in the Camry was pronounced dead at the scene. The elderly driver was flown by STARS air ambulance to Foothills hospital in Calgary with serious injuries.

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Two people in the pickup truck were transported to hospital in Golden with non-life threatening injuries.

The highway was reduced to single lane alternating traffic while police investigated.

The Trans-Canada reopened Tuesday afternoon at around 3 p.m.

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