One man seriously injured in Gasconade County crash after hitting a deer

Marie Moyer
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ)
A motorcyclist was seriously injured in a crash Saturday in Gasconade County near 2113 on Missouri Highway 19. According to a Missouri State Highway Patrol crash report.
The report says the driver of a 2005 Big Dog Chopper motorcycle – a 51-year-old Rhineland man – was driving southbound at around 12:19 a.m. when he struck a deer and drove off the right side of the road, getting thrown off the motorcycle.
The motorcycle was totaled, and the man was driven to Mercy Washington Hospital. The rider was not wearing a helmet.