Driver dies after single-vehicle crash near Ponoka

A 22-year-old man died Thursday after the driver lost control and struck a guardrail on the Queen Elizabeth II Highway just south of Highway 53 near Ponoka.
Mounties said the crash happened shortly after midnight.
The lone occupant of the vehicle was transported by air ambulance to the hospital where he died.
The cause of the crash remains under investigation by the RCMP.