Crime & Safety
Car, Deer, Collide at High Speed on I-84
The driver of a car that hit a deer somehow was able to pull over the safety after hitting a deer at high speed.
VERNON, CT — A 47-year-old Willington resident was able to pull his car to safety after a high-speed collision with a deer on Interstate-84, state police said.
The incident took place at 12:35 a.m. in the eastbound side of I-84 at the Exit 64-65 interchange in Vernon, according to a crash report.
A deer was trying to cross the highway from the center median when it hit the car, a 2007 Volkswagen Jetta, on the driver's side bumper, according to a crash report.
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The car was traveling at about 65 mph, but the driver was able to pull over to the shoulder, and he was complaining of neck and shoulder pain, according t a crash report.
The car sustained "disabling damage," according to a crash report.
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