(KLZA)-- A Council Bluffs, Iowa man was seriously injured in a wreck Sunday evening when the motorcycle he was driving struck a deer on Highway AA about 3 miles north of Rock Port, Missouri.

After impact, the motorcycle skidded across the road and traveled off the side of the roadway.

The Missouri State Highway Patrol says the 48-year-old driver was transported to the Fairfax Community Hospital then later taken by Lifeflight to the Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha.

The Patrol no longer releases the identity of those involved in wrecks in an attempt to reduce accident reports from being used in scam attempts..