(KNZA)--A Wathena motorcyclist was seriously injured Sunday evening after striking a deer on a Doniphan County highway.

The Kansas Highway Patrol says 49-year-old Todd Hailey, Sr. was northbound on K-7,  three-tenths of a mile north of Deer Run Creek, when he struck the deer as it crossed the highway, causing his motorcycle to slid to the west shoulder.   

Hailey was transported to Mosaic Life Center, in St. Joseph, with what the Patrol described as disabling injuries.

The Patrol says he was wearing a helmet and eye protection when the wreck happened around 8:20.