A man is dead after a pickup truck went off a Manitoba highway near Thompson and rolled several times.

RCMP were called around 1:45 p.m. Tuesday about an erratic driver on Highway 6, about 50 kilometres south of the northern Manitoba city.

They were told a black pickup truck was driving at high speed and swerving in and out of traffic, police said.

As officers were responding, another call came in about a rollover that had just occurred.

The lone occupant of the pickup truck was pronounced dead at the scene. (Submitted by Brent Sharp)

The 30-year-old driver — who was the lone occupant of the pickup — was pronounced dead at the scene.

RCMP did not release his name but said he was from Winnipeg.

RCMP initially said they believed the driver wasn't wearing a seatbelt. But on Thursday afternoon they said investigators have learned he was, in fact, wearing a seatbelt.

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