Man dies in single-vehicle crash in Aitkin County

A 77-year-old man is dead after a single-vehicle crash on Saturday in Aitkin County.

According to the Minnesota State Patrol, Leon Herbery Schefers was driving a Toyota Tundra west on Highway 18 in Wealthwood Township around 2:30 p.m. when he went off the road. The car went airborne off of a driveway approach, hit a tree and then rolled onto its roof.

Schefers, of Ironton, died at the scene. His identity was released Sunday morning.

The incident report states that road conditions were wet at the time.