One man is dead after a motor vehicle accident at Elk City Lake earlier this week.

Deputies with the Montgomery County Sheriff's Office were dispatched to the entrance of the Elk City Lake Overlook on Labor Day in reference to a motor vehicle injury accident. Witnesses reported that a green 1983 three-wheeled trike driven by Franklin Bliss of Independence failed to stop for an unknown reason at the gate, which was closed and locked entering the overlook.  Bliss's vehicle entered the treeline and came to rest on the northwest side of the roadway.

Bliss suffered fatal injuries and was pronounced deceased at the scene.