LAWRENCE COUNTY —One person died in an accident just after 5a.m. Friday in Lawrence County.

The Missouri State Highway Patrol reported a 1999 Dodge Ram driven by Michael T. Biggs, 51, Reed Springs, was eastbound on Interstate 44 six miles six miles east of Mount Vernon.

The pickup traveled off the right side of the road and struck a tree. A passenger Robert A. Addington-Wells, 37, was pronounced dead at the scene and transported to Lakin Funeral Home.

EMS transported Biggs to Cox South. He was not wearing a seat belt, according to the MSHP.