(KNZA)--A motorcycle strikes a deer, sending an Easton, Missouri man to the hospital.

The Missouri State Highway Patrol says the crash happened Thursday evening on Route C in Buchanan County, just south of U.S. 36 Highway.

The Patrol says 39-year-old Cory Spicer was southbound when the deer traveled into the path of his Harley Davidson motorcycle shortly after 8:15.

Spicer was transported by ambulance to Mosaic Life Care in St. Joseph for treatment of what the Patrol described as moderate injuries.