COSMOS — A 71-year-old New Ulm man died in a one-vehicle crash at 11:41 a.m. Tuesday about 3 miles south of Cosmos.

David Wilbert Hermel was driving a 2001 Ford F150 northbound on State Highway 4 when the truck left the road and went into a drainage ditch near the intersection of 535th Avenue. He was not wearing a seat belt and was the only vehicle occupant. Airbags in the truck deployed, according to a Minnesota State Patrol crash report. The Meeker County Sheriff’s Office, Cosmos Fire and Ambulance assisted.