Tire comes off car and causes fatal accident on Highway 1 – Winnipeg

One person is dead and several others are injured after a car tire came loose and caused a crash on Highway 1 early Wednesday morning.

It happened at Trans-Canada and Provincial Road 206 around 12:30 p.m.

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 loose and struck the SUV.

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The car immediately caught fire, while the SUV went into 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 the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.

A 25-year-old man from Calgary was driving the car and was able to get out when it caught fire. He was taken to hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.

Meanwhile, a third vehicle drove close behind the collision and struck the tire components.

A 28-year-old woman from Kenora, Ontario, who was driving that car, was taken to hospital with minor physical injuries.

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