(KNZA)--A single-vehicle wreck early Tuesday morning in Buchanan County, Missouri claimed the life of a St. Joseph man, and left a St. Joseph woman injured.

The Missouri State Highway Patrol says killed in the wreck on Missouri Highway 371 about 10 miles south of St. Joseph was 24-year-old Brandon Nolan.

The Patrol says Nolan was the passenger in a southbound car driven by 24-year-old Corrine Smith that lost control on a curve shortly after 1:00.  The car left the roadway and struck a tree.

Nolan was pronounced dead at the scene.

Smith was transported by ambulance to Mosaic Life Care in St. Joseph with what the Patrol described as serious injuries.

The patrol says neither occupant was wearing a seatbelt.