RUSSELL COUNTY – A child was injured in an accident just before 6p.m. on Sunday in Russell County.

The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 2007 Toyota Yaris driven by Tessa Jo Dunkel-McKnight, 55, Luray, was eastbound on Kansas 18 three miles east of U.S. 281.

The driver applied brakes to avoid hitting a dead deer in the roadway.

An eastbound Kenworth semi driven by Esbon Joseph Widner, 61, Stockton, began to move left to go around the Toyota and the deer.

The Toyota ran over the dead deer and this caused the vehicle to move left into the path of the semi.

The semi bumped the rear end of Toyota. The collision pushed it into the south ditch.

A passenger in the Toyota Jorden Hall, 7, Luray, was transported to the hospital in Osborne.

Dunkel-McKnight, Widener and another child in the Toyota were not injured.

All were properly restrained at the time of the accident, according to the KHP.