COLUMBIA -A Missouri woman was injured in an accident just before 6 p.m. on Sunday in Boone County

The Missouri State Highway Patrol reported a 2004 Harley Davidson driven by Laura L. Bradshaw-Straub, 44, Columbia, was northbound on Route B just north of Ketterer Road. The motorcycle hit a deer.

Bradshaw-Straub was transported to University Hospital in serious condition.

Missouri State Highway Patrol Sgt. Paul Reinsch told the Associated Press Bradshaw-Straub isn’t suspected of speeding or driving carelessly. He says she hasn’t been arrested or issued any citations.

Reinsch says authorities had to kill the deer after the accident.

 

-The Associated Press contributed to this report