Missouri man dies after car strikes guardrail and tree

CLINTON COUNTY —A Missouri man died in an accident that occurred just after 12:30p.m. Sunday in Clinton County.

The Missouri State Highway Patrol reported a 2005 Chevy Cavalier driven by a 59-year-old Lathrop m an was eastbound on 240th Street five miles southeast of Lathrop.

The car traveled off the south side of the road, struck a guardrail, overturned and struck a tree.

The driver was pronounced dead at the scene and was transported to Frontier Forensics. He was not wearing a seat belt, according to the MSHP.  The patrol did not release the name of the driver.