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Missouri man dies after car overturns

ATCHISON COUNTY — One person died in an accident just before 2p.m. Tuesday in Atchison County.

The Missouri State Highway Patrol reported a 2004 Oldsmobile Alero driven by Tommy D. Fisher, 51, Wasola, was southbound on Route N six miles southeast of Tarkio.

The vehicle traveled off the west side of the road and the driver overcorrected. The vehicle returned to the road, skidded off the west side of the road, hit several large pieces of concrete and overturned.

Atchison-Holt EMS transported Fisher to Fairfax Hospital where he died. He was not wearing a seat belt, according to the MSHP.

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