LEAVENWORTH COUNTY—One person was injured in an accident just after 1:30a.m. Thursday in Leavenworth County.

The Kansas Turnpike authority reported a 2012 Chevy passenger car driven by Brooke McCauley, 29, Manhattan, was eastbound on Interstate 70 just west of the Tonganoxie exit. The vehicle struck a deer in the road.

A passenger Christopher Williams, 47, Manhattan, was injured. The KTA did not report where he was treated for injuries. McCauley was not injured. Both were properly restrained at the time of the accident, according to the KTA.