(KNZA)--An early Monday morning car-deer crash on a Brown County highway sent a Netawaka woman to the hospital.

According to report from the Kansas Highway Patrol, 23-year-old Britney Achten was northbound on U.S. 75 Highway, 4-tenths of a mile north of K-20 Highway, when her SUV struck a deer crossing the roadway.

Achten was transported to the Holton Community Hospital with suspected minor injuries.

The Patrol says she was wearing a seat belt when the crash occurred shortly after 6:30 Monday morning.