One man dead in single-vehicle crash

HOLT COUNTY, Mo. (News-Press NOW) -- An Independence, Missouri, man is dead after a single-vehicle crash in Holt County just before 9:30 a.m. on Tuesday.

The crash occurred when a 45-year-old man was driving a 2008 Nissan Pathfinder north on Interstate 29.

The vehicle then traveled off the west side of the roadway and overturned, ejecting the driver. The vehicle came to rest facing southwest on its wheels off the west side of the roadway, according to a Missouri State Highway Patrol Crash Report.

The driver, who was not wearing a safety device, was pronounced dead at the scene by the Holt County Coroner at 9:47 a.m. The man was then transported by Rupp Funeral Home to Rupp Funeral Home.