By Cynthia Grau/WJEZ News

A Coal City man died after a single vehicle crash east of Morris.

According to a press release from Grundy County Coroner John Callahan, the accident happened sometime late Saturday night or early Sunday morning. Fifty-two-year-old Paul Ruffatti was found in the driver seat of a pickup truck, which was pulled from Beaver Lake in Goose Lake Township Sunday.

The crash remains under investigation by the coroner’s office and the Grundy County Sheriff’s Department.

Callahan asks if anyone was with Mr. Ruffatti Saturday evening or early Sunday to call his office at 815-942-3792.