Two men were injured in an accident after attempting to avoid a herd of deer in Russell County, Monday morning around 6:30 am.

According to the Kansas Highway Patrol, 42-year-old Timothy D. Horacek was driving southbound on US 281 (10 miles north of Russell) when he came upon a herd of deer on the highway.

Horacek swerved to avoid the deer, went off the road, down an embankment, and into a dry creek bed.

Horacek and a passenger, 41-year-old Gary Horacek, both of Downs, were taken to Russell County Regional hospital with injuries. Their conditions were not immediately known.