LITTLE SAUK TOWNSHIP, Minn. – A teenage boy was killed in a single-vehicle crash in central Minnesota on Sunday evening, authorities said.
The 16-year-old from Browerville was driving north on Highway 71 in Todd County when his vehicle left the road and struck a tree, the Minnesota State Patrol said. It happened near 150th Street in Little Sauk Township around 9:50 p.m
The patrol has not yet publicly identified the boy. No other drivers or vehicles were involved.
According to the patrol, the roads were snowy and icy at the time.
Snowy road conditions led to more than a dozen crashes and spinouts in the Twin Cities Monday morning. Roads in the state are expected to improve by afternoon.
Little Sauk Township is located approximately 20 miles east of Alexandria.
