CALLAWAY COUNTY — One person died in an accident just after 9:30p.m. Thursday in Callaway County.

The Missouri State Highway Patrol reported a 2019 Chevy 2500 driven by William T. Schulte, 78, Westphalia, was westbound on U.S. 54 at County Road 318.

The pickup collided with a westbound 2008 Ford Escape driven by Justin C. Ward, 22, New Bloomfield, as it slowed and made an improper left turn from right lane of U.S. 54.

A passenger in the Chevy Charles Eichholz, 82, Westphalia, was transported to St. Mary’s Hospital where he died. Ward and Schulte were not injured. All three were properly restrained at the time of the accident, according to the MSHP.