Emerson RCMP are reporting that a 58-year-old Steinbach man has recently died as the result of a vehicle fire that occurred west of the community of Stuartburn, Manitoba.
On August 25, 2024, at 11am, RCMP officers were patrolling on Provincial Road 201, nearing Highway 59, when they observed thick black smoke coming from a tree line located near a property on Road 9N.
Members responded to the location and located a pickup truck engulfed in flames. The local fire department was then called in and was able to extinguish the fire.
Police say that the driver of the pickup, confirmed as a 58-year-old Steinbach man, was located and pronounced deceased on scene.
Investigators have determined that the pickup truck, traveling west on PR201, 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.
RCMP report that an autopsy has been scheduled to determine the cause of death but it does not appear suspicious at this time.
