One person was killed and another two were injured in a serious crash near Airdrie on Wednesday afternoon.
EMS said paramedics were called to the scene of a two-vehicle crash at Range Road 285 and Highway 567, east of Airdrie, just after 1 p.m.
A 17-year-old girl was driving east as she “lost control of her vehicle when weather turned bad,” RCMP said.
Police said it was hailing.
Her vehicle entered the path of another heading west and crashed.
She was pronounced dead at the scene, RCMP said.
A 75-year-old man was airlifted to Foothills Medical Centre by STARS Air Ambulance in life-threatening condition. His condition was later upgraded to stable.
A woman was also taken to Foothills Medical Centre with serious injuries, EMS said.
RCMP said in a news release at 1:20 p.m. that traffic was being diverted around the scene of the collision. By 8 p.m., the road was clear, RCMP said.