(KLZA)-- A vehicle-deer collision early Thursday morning in northwest Missouri sent a St. Joseph woman to the hospital

The Missouri State Highway Patrol says it happened shortly after 1:00 on Interstate-29 in Atchison County, Missouri.

The Patrol says 78-year-old Charles Wink, of St. Joseph, was southbound when his Ford Explorer struck a deer in the roadway.

Wink refused medical treatment at the scene, but a passenger, 70-year-old Sandra Wink, was transported to a hospital in Hamburg, Iowa for treatment of moderate injuries.

The Patrol says both were wearing seatbelts at the time of the wreck.