Troopers investigate a motorcycle accident on Highway B on Monday.

A 75-year-old Raymondville man was seriously injured Monday when a deer struck his motorcycle east of his hometown.

Tpr. Terry Nelson of the Missouri State Highway Patrol said the 2009 Kawasaki motorcycle was westbound on Highway B when the crash occurred. The motorcycle driven by Phillip C. Whitman ran off the right side of the road and struck a culvert.

Phillips, who was wearing a helmet, was flown by air ambulance to Mercy Hospital in Springfield.

The wreck marked the second day in a row that a motorcycle struck a deer in the county.

VIDEO: Video from scene.

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