One person is dead and several others are injured after a tire came off a car, causing a crash on Highway 1 early Wednesday morning.
It happened at around 12:30 a.m. at the Trans-Canada and Provincial Road 206.
RCMP say a car and an SUV were travelling east on Highway 1 and were side-by-side, when the passenger tire of the car, along with the control arm and other mechanical parts, came off and hit the SUV.
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The car immediately caught fire, while the SUV entered the ditch and rolled. A 59-year-old man from Steinbach 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 exit once it burst into flames. He was taken to hospital with non-life threatening injuries.
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Meanwhile, a third vehicle was travelling close behind the collision and hit the tire parts.
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A 28-year-old woman from Kenora, Ont., driving that car was taken to hospital with minor physical injuries.
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