The Marion County Coroner’s Office responded Sunday night to a car crash on Boat Dock Road just west of Patoka that claimed the life of a 25-year-old Shobonier man.

Coroner Troy Cannon says Travis E. Collier died early Sunday morning as a result of a single-vehicle crash. However, a caller to the Marion County Sheriff’s Office reported discovering the vehicle and body around 6:40 p.m.

The caller said a car was upside down in a creek on Boat Dock Road about one mile west of Willett Road.

According to Cannon, Collier had been with friends on the east side of Carlyle Lake early Sunday morning, but when he and others left the area, Collier failed to return home.

Crash reports indicate Collier’s vehicle drifted off the left side of the roadway as he was traveling eastbound on Boat Dock Road, went airborne across a creek, struck a retaining wall on the other side, and came to rest on its top in the creek bed.

There were no other occupants or passengers in his vehicle. The vehicle was not visible from the roadway above.

Collier’s friends and family members became concerned when he did not return home, and spent the day Sunday searching for him. When they were unsuccessful in locating him they reported him as missing to the Marion County Sheriff’s Office.

He was ultimately discovered a short time later by a farmer passing the area on a tractor.

Cannon says it appears Collier died instantly from blunt force trauma in the crash when his truck hit the retaining wall.

No autopsy is planned, but samples were obtained for toxicology testing and will be submitted to a certified laboratory for analysis.

State Police are handling the crash investigation, but have not yet released a report. Day/Macz Funeral Home in Patoka is assisting the family with arrangements.