A Clarinda, Iowa, man was seriously injured in a crash in Gentry County Tuesday.

According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol, at 9:20 p.m., 21-year-old James A. Drake of Blockton was driving a Pontiac Grand Am south on Route H about seven miles south of Darlington. Drake failed to negotiate a curve and the vehicle went off the east side of the road, hit a MoDOT sign, went down an embankment and through several trees before coming to rest on the passenger side.

A passenger in the vehicle, 20-year-old Nicholas M. Nelson of Clarinda, was transported by LifeNet air ambulance to KU Medical Center for treatment of serious injuries. No injuries were reported for the driver.

According to the crash report, neither occupant was wearing a seatbelt.