(KNZA)--A Valley Falls man was seriously injured Monday morning in a single-vehicle wreck in Cass County, Missouri.

The Missouri State Highway Patrol reports 39-year-old James Costello was eastbound on Route A, just east of South Stevens Point Road, when his 2019 Nissen traveled off the roadway and struck a mailbox. The vehicle then become airborne before striking a ditch and tree.

Costello was transported by air ambulance to Research Medical Center  in Kansas City, Missouri with what the Patrol described as serious injuries. 

The Patrol says he was not wearing a seatbelt when the wreck occurred shortly before 8:00 Monday morning.