Tire comes off car, causes fatal crash on Highway 1 – Winnipeg
One person is dead and several others were injured after a tire came off a car, causing a crash on Highway 1 early Wednesday morning.
It happened around 12:30 a.m. on Trans-Canada and Provincial Highway 206.
RCMP say a car and an SUV were traveling east on Highway 1 and were side by side when the car’s passenger tire, along with the control arm and other mechanical parts, came off. detached and struck the SUV.
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The car immediately caught fire, while the SUV entered the ditch and rolled. A 59-year-old Steinbach man driving the SUV was pronounced dead, while a 45-year-old passenger was taken to hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
A 25-year-old man from Calgary was driving the car and was able to get out after it caught fire. He was taken to hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
Meanwhile, a third vehicle was traveling just behind the collision and struck the tire parts.
A 28-year-old woman from Kenora, Ontario, who was driving the car was taken to hospital with minor injuries.
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