ELLSWORTH COUNTY – One person was injured in an accident just after 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday in Ellsworth County.

The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 2013 Nissan passenger vehicle driven by Nichole Elizabeth Prunty, 32, Fenton, MO., was eastbound on I-70, just east of K-14 Highway.

The vehicle struck a deer that approached from the north side of the roadway.

A passenger Blake Lee Stroh, 34, Fountain, CO., was transported to Ellsworth County Medical Center.

Prunty was not injured. Both were properly restrained at the time of the accident, according to the KHP.