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WAITSBURG–A Dayton woman was injured and taken to a Walla Walla hospital following a vehicle-deer collision on SR 12, two miles east of here.

Barbara A. Gibson, 85, Dayton, was a passenger in a 2008 Ford Escape that was westbound on SR 12 on February 11, when the vehicle, driven by Edward W. Terry, 36, of Pasco, Wash., struck a deer in the roadway at 6:24 p.m. Gibson was transported to Providence St. Mary Medical Center in Walla Walla with injuries.

Passengers Aimee S. Terry, 38, Dayton, and Kelline A. Terry, 63, Dayton, and the vehicle’s driver were uninjured. The vehicle was totaled.

All occupants were wearing seatbelts, according to the Washington State Patrol, which investigated the incident.