DALLAS COUNTY — One person died in an accident just after 1:30p.m. Saturday in Dallas County.

The Missouri State Highway Patrol reported a 2009 Acura driven by Henry J. Hekemeyer, 75, Jefferson City, was southbound on Highway 73 just south of Rainbow Road.  The vehicle traveled off the road, struck an embankment and overturned.

EMS transported the driver to Mercy Hospital in Springfield.

Lifeflight transported a passenger Phyllis A.  Heckemeyer, 71, Jefferson, to Mercy Hospital in Springfield where she died.  Both were properly restrained at the time of the accident, according to the KHP.