ATCHISON COUNTY—One person was injured in an accident just before 5:30p.m. Wednesday in Atchison County.
The Missouri State Highway Patrol reported a 2010 Chrysler Town & Country driven by a 57-year-old Maryville woman was eastbound on MO 46 at Route EE nine miles east of Fairfax. The driver swerved to avoid a deer. The van traveled off the road and the front bumper struck an embankment.
Atchison-Holt ambulance transported the driver to Fairfax community hospital. She was not wearing a seat belt, according to the MSHP. The Patrol no longer releases names of accident victims.