An 18-year-old man from Tarkio, Missouri was seriously hurt in a single-vehicle crash Saturday.

The crash report from the Missouri State Highway Patrol indicates Thomas Gilliland swerved to avoid a deer along Missouri 46 highway about eleven miles west of Maryville.

His vehicle left the highway, hit an embankment and overturned several times, ejecting Mr Gilliland.

The victim was transported to SSM Medical Center in Maryville.