A wayward deer resulted in a two-vehicle cash involving an ambulance on Queen Elizabeth Way in Fort Erie, Wednesday.

A Niagara Emergency Medical Services ambulance transporting a patient collided with a deer in the Toronto-bound lanes of the QEW shortly before 4 a.m.

While parked along the side of the highway near Bowen Road, waiting for the patient to be picked up by another ambulance, the vehicle was struck from behind by a car.

According to Niagara EMS, the paramedics and the patient were not injured as a result of either collision.

The driver of the car sustained injuries that were not life-threatening, said Const. Rob Knight of the Niagara detachment of Ontario Provincial Police.

The driver of the car was transported to a nearby hospital as was the ambulance patient.

OPP is reminding motorists to slow down and move over to accommodate emergency vehicles.

Ontario's "move over" law requires drivers to slow down and proceed with caution when passing an emergency vehicle that is parked on the side of a highway with flashing lights. Emergency vehicles include police cars, fire trucks, ambulances, public utility vehicles and tow trucks.