(KY3/Gray News) - A Missouri man died Thursday night after a deer struck by another vehicle flew into his Jeep, authorities said.

According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol, the crash happened on U.S. Route 40 in Boone County just after 5:45 p.m. Troopers said an SUV, driven by a 75-year-old man from Clark, was headed east on the highway, east of Rocheport Gravel Road, when it hit a deer in the road.

The deer was then propelled into the westbound lane, directly in the path of a Jeep, driven by a 40-year-old man from Glasgow.