One woman is dead following a head-on collision on Highway 2 about six kilometres south of High River.

RCMP were called out to the crash just before midnight Thursday night.

They say preliminary investigation reveals that an SUV travelling northbound collided head-on with a car travellin

g southbound.

The female driver of the car died in the crash while a 32-year-old male driver of the SUV was transported via STARS air ambulance to a Calgary hospital.

An RCMP collision analyst attended the scene and police say all possible contributing factors are being investigated. 

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