A teen died in a car crash east of Taber on Friday, according to an RCMP news release issued Monday.
On July 17 before 7 a.m., Taber RCMP responded to the collision on Highway 3.
A car travelling west on the highway collided head-on with an eastbound car, police said.
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The 19-year-old woman from Nobleford, Alta., driving the eastbound car was pronounced dead at the scene, police said, adding that they won’t release her name.
The 17-year-old boy driving the westbound car had serious, non-life-threatening injuries. EMS took him to a local hospital and then STARS Air Ambulance took him to Calgary.
Traffic on Highway 3 was rerouted for several hours as officers investigated.
Speed and alcohol are not factors in the collision, police said.
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