(KLZA)-- The passenger on a motorcycle suffered moderate injuries Thursday evening when the motorcycle struck a deer in Atchison County, Missouri. 

The Missouri Highway Patrol reports 40-year-old Frank Kephart of Tarkio was northbound on U.S. 59 Highway, driving a 1981 Honda Goldwing, approximately four miles north of  Fairfax when the incident occurred. 

39-year-old Angela Orozco of Westboro, Missouri was a passenger on the motorcycle, which came to rest  on its side, facing south following the impact. 

Orozco was transported by the Atchison-Holt Ambulance Squad to the Fairfax Hospital.  Kephart was not injured.