ATCHISON COUNTY, Mo. —One person died in an accident just before 7a.m. Sunday in Atchison County, Missouri.
The Missouri State Highway Patrol reported a 2009 Hyundai Sonata driven by Ryan L. Roper, 28, Atchison, Kansas, was westbound on U.S. 59 two miles east of Atchison.
The car crossed the center of the road, began to skid, slide and struck a fixed object.
Roper was pronounced dead at the scene and was transported to Arensburg-Pruett Funeral Home in Atchison. He was not wearing a seat belt, according to the MSHP.