Dec 01, 2022

Missouri woman hospitalized after she swerves to avoid a deer

Posted Dec 01, 2022 10:30 PM

MERCER COUNTY—A Missouri woman was injured in an accident just before 12:30p.m. Thursday in Mercer County.

The Missouri State Highway Patrol reported a 2006 Jeep Wrangler driven by Hannah S. Bruse, 19, Princeton, was east bound on Elliot Road five miles northwest of Princeton.

The driver swerved to avoid a deer. The Jeep traveled off the road, struck an embankment and overturned. A private vehicle transported Bruse to Decatur Co. Hospital in Leon, Iowa. She was properly restrained, according to the MSHP.