LAFAYETTE COUNTY, MO. — One person died in an accident just before 4p.m. Monday in Lafayette County.

The Missouri State Highway Patrol reported a 1999 Dodge passenger vehicle driven by Alfredo G. Capote, 57, Miami, FL., was eastbound on Interstate 70 just west of Higginsville.

The driver lost control of the vehicle. It traveled off the right side of the road, overturned and ejected the driver.

Capote and a passenger David R. Velasquez, 58, Grand Island, NE, were transported to Centerpointe Hospital where Capote died.  He was not wearing a seat belt, according to the MSHP.