Manitoba RCMP Headquarters in Winnipeg, Monday, Jan. 29, 2024. (THE CANADIAN PRESS/David Lipnowski)
Steinbach RCMP are investigating a fatal single-vehicle rollover after discovering an overturned vehicle in the southbound ditch of Highway 12 early Tuesday morning.
At approximately 6:20 a.m., an RCMP officer travelling on the highway came across the wreckage. A passerby stopped and informed the officer that he had seen someone attempting to remove a person from the vehicle before fleeing on foot.
A 27-year-old male passenger was found inside the vehicle with life-threatening injuries. He was airlifted to the hospital by STARS Air Ambulance but later succumbed to his injuries.
Officers, the canine unit and a drone tracked the suspected driver, a 31-year-old man from the RM of Taché, hiding nearby. He was arrested without incident and remains in custody.
RCMP continue to investigate.
