Deer Caused Crash That Killed 2 In Montgomery County: Police

DOUGLASS TOWNSHIP, PA — Two people are dead after a crash in Montgomery County involving two pick up trucks, according to authorities.

The incident occurred just before 6 a.m. on Route 100 in Douglass Township.

Francis Kiefer, 32, of Barto was driving a black Nissan Frontier pickup truck southbound when he struck a deer, police said.

Kiefer swerved into the northbound lanes after he hit the deer and slammed head on into another black Nissan Frontier pickup truck driven by Raymond Hookway, 64, of Phoenixville.

Hookway was pronounced dead at the scene and Kiefer died on the way to Pottstown Memorial Hospital.

Thousands of accidents are caused by deer every year, and fall is one of the worst times. Pennsylvania is tied for the third highest number of deadly animal collisions with Illinois, North Carolina, and Oklahoma.

“Animal-vehicle collisions start to increase in October and peak in mid-November,” said Jana L. Tidwell, manager of Public and Government Affairs for AAA Mid-Atlantic. “As the deer population grows and urbanization spreads into formerly rural areas, motorists need to be even more cautious and alert behind the wheel, especially at dawn and dusk, which can be times high of deer activity.”

More information will be provided as it becomes available.