By Geoff Smith (@smithco on Twitter)

One dead in head-on crash near High River

Sep 30, 2016 | 5:26 AM

UPDATE 8:30 a.m.: 511 Alberta reports Highway 2 has fully reopened.

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One person has died in a collision in the High River area.
 
RCMP say a northbound SUV and a car headed south collided head-on on Highway 2, approximately six kilometres south of High River. It happened at 11:55 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 29.
 
The female driver of the car was killed in the crash. STARS airlifted the 32-year-old man driving the SUV to hospital in Calgary.
 
As of Friday morning Highway 2 was down to one lane, and drivers were being encouraged to use an alternate route.
 
Police are investigating what caused or contributed to the crash.