Driver dead after speeding vehicle goes airborne, crashes into woods

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A 43-year-old man died after being ejected from his speeding vehicle, which missed a highway curve and went airborne, Manitoba RCMP say.

Crash happened at bend in Highway 11 in RM of Lac du Bonnet on Sunday 

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A close up of the side of an RCMP vehicle.
RCMP were called around 3:30 p.m. Sunday to a crash scene at Highway 11 and Peterson Crescent in the rural municipality of Lac du Bonnet and found a vehicle in the bush and a man who had been ejected from it. (Charles Contant/CBC)

A 43-year-old man died after being ejected from his speeding vehicle, which missed a highway curve and went airborne, Manitoba RCMP say.

The man was driving on Highway 11 at a high rate of speed on Sunday when he missed a bend where the highway meets Petersen Crescent in the rural municipality of Lac du Bonnet, police said.

The vehicle went into the ditch off the highway, ramped up the side of Petersen Crescent and soared into the nearby wooded area.

Police were called at about 3:30 p.m. and found the man in the bush outside of the vehicle. The surrounding area was searched but nobody else was located.

A forensic collision reconstructionist is helping RCMP with its investigation.

A highway in the early spring before trees around it have leaves.
The corner where the vehicle left the highway and then struck the side of Peterson Crescent. (Google Street View)

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