Posted on 04/01/2009 2:58:12 PM PDT by Libloather
Family survives deer landing inside SUV
April 01, 2009
COEYMANS, N.Y. (AP) -- Five people riding in an SUV escaped with minor cuts and scratches after a deer hurtled through their windshield and landed in the vehicle's cargo area.
Heather Sherman says she and her boyfriend, her two daughters and her mother were driving Saturday night on Route 32 in the town of Coeymans (KWEE'-mihnz) when an oncoming car hit the deer, sending it into their windshield.
Sherman says she and her boyfriend were covered in blood after the impact. They pulled over, and when she went to the back of the SUV to get a blanket and paper towels, she found the dead doe in the vehicle's cargo area.
The deer flew past Sherman and her boyfriend in the front seats and her daughters and mother in the back seats.
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The same thing happened to my son a few years ago. He had a new car and the deer flew into the back seat and out the window. Son had a little cut on the back of his head, his pregnant wife was fine, his little son in the back had scratches on his face and pieces of the deer on him. Thank God he was in a car seat and had a snowsuit on to protect his body and face. The deer died, of course. Very weird.
Major miracle for that family.
Yes it is. One of our friends was killed when a deer went through the windshield. Those animals can jump. We were coming home on the Natchez Trace in MS when a deer jumped the car in front of us. Had never seen that before.
Well, it might not be a big deal for you, but it would be a VERY big deal if one gutted me.
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