A motorcycle rider was injured in an accident on I-70 Friday morning.

According to the Kansas Highway Patrol, “Fifty-four year old Richard Lee Young of Flatonia, Texas was westbound on I-70 at milepost 168, 9 miles east of Hays, when A deer crossed in front of him. Young tried to avoid the deer and laid the motorcycle down on its side. He was transported to Hays Medical Center.  He was wearing a helmet.”

On Friday afternoon Young told Hays Post he didn’t know how much longer he would be hospitalized.