FRANKLIN COUNTY, Mo. – A 67-year-old Union man is dead and a woman was left injured after striking a tree Thursday night.
According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol’s (MSHP) crash report, the single vehicle accident occurred on Route AT near Bridgewater Lakeview Terrace, involving a Chevrolet K3500 Cheyenne.
The crash report says the Chevrolet was travelling westbound on Route AT and the 67-year-old driver began travelling too fast for the roadway’s curve, causing the vehicle to travel off the right side of the road and strike a tree.
Both occupants were transported to a nearby hospital but the 67-year-old man was later pronounced dead. The passenger in the vehicle, a 40-year-old woman, was left seriously injured in the accident, the crash report says.
Both the man and woman weren’t wearing a seatbelt at the time of the crash, according to MSHP.