Man seriously injured after crash involving a deer in Camden County

By Camryn Payne

Published October 12, 2026 12:05 PM

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ)

A 51-year-old man from CLimax Springs, Missouri, was seriously hurt after a motorcycle crash involving a deer in Camden County on Monday morning.

According to a Missouri State Highway Patrol crash report, the man was riding a 2006 Harley-Davidson Dyna Wide Glide on Highway 5 north of Rock Grove Court at 6:48 a.m.

The report says the man hit a deer on the road. He was flown to University Hospital with serious injuries. It is unknown if the man was wearing a helmet at the time of the crash.

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