AURORA, Mo.(Hometown Daily News) – A man from Springfield is injured in a single-vehicle crash early this (Tuesday) morning, five miles north of Aurora in Lawrence County.

The Missouri Highway Patrol reports 25-year-old Levi Brunner was traveling northbound on Route K at 2:04 a.m. when his vehicle struck a horse in the roadway.

Brunner was transported to Mercy Hospital in Aurora by a private vehicle to be treated for moderate injuries.