BUCHANAN COUNTY—A St. Joseph man died in an accident just after 7:30a.m. Thursday in Buchanan County.

The Missouri State Highway Patrol reported a 2016 Toyota Tundra driven by a 66-year-old DeKalb man was eastbound on MO 116 two miles southwest of DeKalb. The pickup crossed the center of the road and struck the implement being towed by a 2011 John Deere tractor driven by a 26-year-old Dearborn man. After impact the pickup traveled off the south side of the road and struck a creek bed.  The tractor came to rest in a field entrance. 

A 63-year-old male passenger in the pickup was pronounced dead at the scene. EMS transported the pickup driver to Mosaic Life Care.  The tractor driver was not injured. The driver and passenger in the pickup were not wearing seat belts, according to the MSHP.  The Patrol no longer releases names of accident victims.