The Douglas County Sheriff’s Office is investigating an accident that is believed to have killed a 21-year-old Lawrence man.

Jenn Hethcoat, a public information officer with the sheriff’s office, wrote in a news release that the accident occurred at about 11:45 p.m. Friday. The vehicle was northbound in the 1300 block of East 1900 Road, and then left the road just north of Kansas Highway 10 and the Twin Oaks Golf Complex west of Eudora.

According to the release, sheriff’s deputies arrived at the scene to find the crashed vehicle engulfed in flames after it had left the roadway and crashed into a tree.

The driver of the vehicle, its only occupant, died in the accident, Hethcoat said. The man is thought to be a 21-year-old Lawrence man, but his identity is being withheld pending verification.