Deerfoot Trail closed after fatal car crash

A womanis dead following a two-vehicle car crash on Deerfoot Trail Thursday evening.

Another woman,in her late 40s, was transported to Foothills hospital with a serious but stable leg injury.

Paramedics say they responded to the northbound lanes of Deerfoot Trail just south of Stoney Trail around 8 p.m.

Witnesses reported a carwasheadingsouthbound when itcrossed the median and struck another vehiclein anorthbound lane.

Each vehicle had only one driver and no passengers.

Traffic on the Deerfootwasrerouted in both northbound and southbound directions.