A one-vehicle crash Sunday, Dec. 8 outside Cockrell has claimed the life of a Kingsville man.

The Missouri State Highway Patrol responded just after 5 p.m., when a 57-year-old driver heading south on Buckner Tarsney Road traveled off the left side of the roadway and struck a guardrail. The car then went off the right side of the roadway and went airborne, striking a tree. The vehicle overturned, ejecting the driver who troopers say was not wearing a seat belt. The driver was pronounced dead at the scene. He was the only person involved in the accident.

The Highway Patrol’s Troop A, which covers 11 counties in and around the Kansas City area, have responded to 70 fatal crashes this year.