AUDRIAN COUNTY — One person died in an accident just before 5p.m. Monday in Audrain County.

The Missouri State Highway Patrol reported a 1997 Jeep Wrangler driven by Bonnie J. Heying, 41, Perry, was westbound on U.S. 54 just west of County Road 717.

The vehicle traveled off the right side of the road, struck a ditch and overturned.

Heying and a passenger Lucas S. Kerr, 21, Perry, were transported to SMS Health St. Mary’s Hospital where she died.

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