The Missouri State Highway Patrol says the accident occurred when the 2005 Chrysler Minivan driven by 89 year old Richard L. Kent of Belton, Missouri traveled off the left side of the roadway for a unknown reasons causing the vehicle to strike a ditch, a fence and then a tree.
Mr. Kent was pronounced dead at the scene of the accident by the Morgan County Coroner's Office.
The vehicle was totaled and towed from the scene by Whan Towing.
