A crash on Highway 2 about six kilometres south of High River has left a 19-year-old woman from Aidrie dead.

RCMP say they were called out just before midnight Thursday.

They say an SUV travelling northbound in the southbound lanes collided head-on with a car travelling 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  hospital in Calgary.

Police say all possible contributing factors are being looked at including alcohol.