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Teenager killed following collision near Hussar

Jan 9, 2018 | 8:48 AM

BASSANO, AB — A 16-year-old girl is dead following a motor vehicle collision on Highway 561 Monday evening.

Bassano RCMP and the Hussar and Standard Fire Departments responded to the collision at 6:19 p.m, approximately three kilometres west of Hussar.

According to a news release, a car travelling west on the highway collided head on with a SUV driving east. The driver of the car was pronounced deceased at the scene, while the driver of the SUV, a 50-year-old woman, was flown to Calgary by STARS Air Ambulance in critical condition.

The name of the deceased will not be released. Both women were the only occupants of their vehicles.