RCMP are investigating after officers on patrol Sunday morning came across a burning pickup truck in a tree line near Vita.
According to police, the officers travelling on PR201, near PTH 59, noticed thick black smoke coming from the property and headed that way, coming across the engulfed pick-up. Local fire fighters were called to put out the blaze, and that's the driver of the truck was discovered - a 58-year-old man from Steinbach. He was pronounced deceased on scene.
Investigators have since determined that the pickup truck, travelling westbound 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.
An autopsy has been scheduled to determine the cause of death, but authorities say it does not appear suspicious at this time.