CRAWFORD COUNTY — One person died in an accident just before 2a.m. Tuesday in Crawford County.

The Missouri State Highway Patrol reported a 2001 Honda Civic driven by Brandon D. Santonge, 17, Cuba, was northbound on Highway DD one mile north of Cuba.

The driver swerved to avoid an oncoming vehicle and lost control of the Honda. It traveled off the road and overturned.

A passenger Colten Z. Santonge, 15, Cuba, was transported by air to Mercy Hospital in St. Louis where he died. Another passenger Dakota M. McMullin, 15, Cuba, was transported to Missouri Baptist Hospital in Sullivan.

Brandon Sontonge was wearing a seat belt and not injured. The passengers were not wearing seat belts, according to the MSHP.