PETTIS COUNTY – A Missouri man died in an accident just before 11p.m. Thursday in Pettis County.

The Missouri State Highway Patrol reported a 1999 Dodge passenger vehicle driven by Timothy W. Callahan, 22, Green Ridge, was westbound on Highway B just west of Ragar Road.

The vehicle began to skid, traveled off the  right side of the road and struck a tree.

Callahan was pronounced dead at the scene.  A passenger Lindsey R. Breads, 22, La Monte, was flown to a hospital in Columbia in serious condition, according to the MSHP.

They were not wearing seat belts, according to the MSHP.