Crash kills Steinbach man

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A Steinbach man is dead after a freak accident on the Trans-Canada Highway.

St Pierre RCMP said at about 12:30 a.m. on Wednesday they were called to a collision on the Trans-Canada Highway and Provincial Road 206.

When officers arrived, they found two vehicles on the highway and one in the south ditch.

Police say a car and an SUV were travelling side by side eastbound on the Trans-Canada Highway when the passenger tire of the car with the control arm and other mechanical parts, came off and struck the SUV, sending it off the road into the ditch where it rolled. The 59-year-old male driver of the SUV from Steinbach was pronounced dead at the scene while his 45-year-old male passenger from the RM of Hanover was transported to hospital with non-life threatening injuries.

Meanwhile the car came to a stop on the roadway where it burst into flames. The 25-year-old male driver from Calgary was able to exit the vehicle and was taken to local hospital with non-life threatening injuries.

A third vehicle was travelling close behind, striking the tire component of the car which was left on the highway after the collision.

The 28-year-old female driver from Kenora was taken to hospital with minor physical injuries.

RCMP say the investigation is continuing.