BUCHANAN COUNTY — One person died in an accident just before noon Thursday in Buchanan County.

The Missouri State Highway Patrol reported a 2005 Honda Civic driven by Jonathan R. Turner, 25, Atchison, was southbound on U.S. 59 one half mile east of Winthrop.

The driver attempted to turn east onto private property and failed to yield to northbound traffic. A northbound 2015 Chevy Traverse driven by Kirk L. Kloepper, 55, Effingham, Kansas, struck the Honda.

A passenger in the Honda Lonnie J. Elmore, 50, St. Joseph, was pronounced dead at the scene. Turner was transported to Mosaic Life Care.

Kloepper and a passenger Laurie A. Kloepper, 55, Effingham, were transported to the hospital in Atchison with minor injuries. Elmore was not wearing a seat belt, according to the Missouri State Highway Patrol