The winter conditions have claimed two lives, in two separate accidents.

A 23-year-old woman from Cardston has been killed in a single-vehicle crash along the QE-II Highway Tuesday afternoon near the community of Crossfield.

It happened in the southbound lanes, at the time there was heavy snow and slippery conditions.

A second person, a 21-year-old also from Cardston, was rushed to Foothills Medical Centre in stable, non-life-threatening condition.

RCMP Corporal Laurel Scott said drivers need to slow down.

“The road conditions are very bad right now, and so we believe that is a contributing factor. We’re hoping that people will slow down and drive safely, and avoid travel,” said Scott.

In a separate incident, a person died in hospital from injuries suffered in a crash on Stoney Trail at 88th Street Southeast.

Three others in the same vehicle suffered non-life-threatening injuries.