The RCMP logo is seen on a podium ahead of a news conference, in St. John’s, Newfoundland, Saturday, June 24, 2023. (THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld)
Manitoba RCMP say one man has died after his vehicle rolled and caught on fire last week.
The crash on August 25 occurred on westbound Provincial Road 201, nearing Highway 59. Police came upon the scene after spotting thick black smoke coming from the tree line near a property on Road 9N.
Officers found the pickup engulfed in flames and called the local fire department.
They located a 58-year-old Steinbach man deceased at the scene.
Police say the pickup truck left the road and entered the ditch where it then continued into a cornfield before coming to a stop at the tree line. Due to the heat from the vehicle, the corn stalks under the pickup truck ignited.
An autopsy has been scheduled, but police don’t consider the death to be suspicious.
RCMP continue to investigate.
