VERNON COUNTY, MO- A Kansas man died in an accident just before 5:30 p.m. on Sunday in Vernon County Missouri.

The Missouri State Highway reported a 2004 Chevy truck driven by Lucas D. Owen, 24, Mound City, was traveling on Arnold Road six miles northwest of Metz.

The pickup struck a bridge railing, left the road and came to rest in a creek bed.

Owen was pronounced dead at the scene and transported to Ferry Funeral Home.

An air medical flight transported a passenger in the vehicle Heather Holloway, 24, Mound City, to Freeman Hospital.

They were properly restrained at the time of the accident, according to the KHP.