A Marceline resident, 21-year-old Zachary Yarnell, was injured late last night when his vehicle swerved to avoid a deer but went off Highway 11 and struck a tree.
Yarnell was taken by ambulance to Northeast Regional Medical Center in Kirksville with minor injuries.
He was wearing a seat belt in an accident just before midnight Tuesday was three miles north of New Boston in eastern Linn County.
The southbound vehicle received extensive damage.