A Minnesota man was injured in a vehicle-versus-deer collision on the Kansas Turnpike early Saturday morning.
The accident occurred at Kansas Turnpike mile marker 128.6 northbound in Lyon County at 1:20 am. According to the Kansas Highway Patrol, a 2022 Ram 1500 was traveling northbound when it struck a deer in the roadway, causing the vehicle’s airbags to deploy.
The driver of the vehicle, 47-year-old Ryan Christopher Anthony of Marshall, Minnesota, was taken to Newman Regional Health with suspected minor injuries. Meanwhile, a passenger, 35-year-old Leah Genevieve Donna Anthony, also of Marshall, Minnesota, suffered no apparent injuries.
Both were wearing seatbelts at the time of the accident.
