LINCONLN COUNTY – A driver was injured in an accident just after 8:30 p.m. on Friday in Lincoln County.

The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 2013 Toyota passenger vehicle driven by Nazir Al-Nimri, 39, Joplin, MO., was eastbound on Interstate 70 six miles east of the Kansas 156 Junction.

The vehicle struck a southbound deer that came partially through windshield.

Al-Nimri was transported to Salina Regional Medical Center.

He was properly restrained at the time of the accident according to the KHP.