CLAY COUNTY — One person died in an accident just after 3a.m. Thursday in Clay County.
The Missouri State Highway Patrol reported a 2009 Pontiac passenger vehicle driven by Joy M. Payne, 23, Lawson, was northbound on Salem Road just north of 166th Street.
The vehicle traveled off the right side of the road, became airborne, struck a ditch and overturned. Payne was pronounced dead at the scene. She was not wearing a seat belt, according to the MSHP.