Manitoba RCMP: one dead following three vehicle crash [Video]

A 59-year-old man has died following a crash involving three vehicles that started after a tire fell off a car on the Trans-Canada Highway Wednesday morning in the RM of Tache.

According to Manitoba RCMP, officers in St. Pierre-Jolys responded to a crash on Highway 1 at Provincial Road 206 at roughly 12:30 a.m. When they arrived, one vehicle was in the south ditch, while two others were on the highway.

Investigators say a car and a SUV were heading east on Highway 1 and were next to each other when the car’s passenger tire, with the control arm and other parts, came off and hit the SUV, which was being driven in the south lane. The SUV went into the ditch and rolled

The car came to a stop on the road and immediately caught fire. The driver, a 25-year-old man from Calgary, was able to escape. He was …