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A motorcycle crashed into a pronghorn Saturday in Grand Teton national park, injuring the two people riding the vehicle.

Park officials reported the passenger, Koreen Burgess, 46, of Garland, Utah, suffered serious injuries and the driver, her husband, Brady Burgess, 38, minor injuries.

Koreen Burgess was transferred Sunday from St. John’s Medical Center in Jackson to University of Utah Health Sciences Center in Salt Lake City, The Associated Press reported. Hospital officials said they had no record of her.

Brady Burgess was in good condition at St. John’s, the AP reported.

The motorcycle, traveling south, struck the animal at 1:25 p.m. on Highway 26/89/191, two miles south of the Snake River Overlook in the national park.

Burgess was driving a 2005 Polaris Victory motorcycle and was leading a string of about seven motorcycles when he attempted to pass a motor home, park officials said in a release. As he started to clear the front of the RV, a pronghorn, heading east, entered the highway.

Burgess, traveling about 65 mph, tried to swerve left to avoid the animal, and the pronghorn leapt into the air and hit the right side of the motorcycle, according to the release. The force of the impact knocked both riders off the motorcycle, which slid about 100 feet down the highway. Neither person was wearing a helmet, park officials said.

Eleven park rangers and medical personnel responded. Emergency medical personnel from Teton County and an off-duty Minnesota highway patrolman, who was the first on the scene, also assisted. Two ambulances — one from Grand Teton and the other from Teton County — responded to transport the Burgesses to St. John’s Medical Center.

Highway 26/89/191 was closed to traffic for one hour, from 1:40 to 2:40 p.m. Park rangers diverted vehicles through a detour along Teton Park Road.  

Grand Teton rangers said the accident is a reminder that wildlife often wander across or linger near park roadways and that motorists must be extra alert.