(KNZA)--One person is dead following a car-deer collision in Jackson County Thursday evening.

Jackson County Sheriff Tim Morse, in a release, said the Sheriff's Office, Kansas Highway Patrol and Jackson County Fire and EMS responded to the crash south of 254th Road on U.S. Highway 75 around 8:45.

Morse said a southbound vehicle had struck a deer, causing fatal injuries to a passenger.

The Kansas Highway Patrol is investigating the crash.