(Mound City, MO.) – The Missouri State Patrol reports a man from Council Bluffs was injured during a motorcycle accident Sunday night, in northwest Missouri. The unidentified 48-year-old male suffered serious injuries and was transported to the Fairfax County (MO.) Community Hospital before being flown by LifeFlight to the Nebraska Medical Center, in Omaha.

According to the report, the crash occurred at around 9-p.m. Sunday, as the 1984 Honda motorcycle was traveling south on Highway AA. The machine struck a deer and then skidded across the center line of the road before traveling off the east side of the road. The motorcycle came to rest on its right side off the east side of the road.

The Missouri State Patrol was assisted at the scene by the Atchison County, Missouri Sheriff’s Department.