Fatal collision between car and train near Ponoka, Alta.

A woman is dead after a train and vehicle collided just south of Ponoka, Alta. on Highway 2Aand Township Road 424.

Ponoka RCMPwerecalled there at around 3:45 p.m. Monday.

RCMP said in a news release police were dispatched to a report of a collision. Emergency medical services, fire rescue and the Canadian Pacific Railway police also attended.

A 26-year-old woman from Ponokawas declared dead at the scene. She was the vehicle's sole occupant.

RCMP are asking anyone who may have witnessed the collision to contact them.

On Sunday, a woman was killed and a child taken to hospital after an SUV and train collided further north near Wetaskiwin, Alta.