Sons Gf Has Hit A Huge Deer :(

[Smowball]

Young Smow and GF were driving this eve through a road in woods on way home in the dark when a huge adult deer literally leapt out of trees straight onto the road. She slammed on brakes but didn’t stand a chance and smashed into it, bonnet flew up which covered windscreen so she couldn’t see a thing. Thank god she managed to stop car without further incident. People stopped their cars and came to help but they are both very shaken and really really upset about the deer. There was nothing they could do though.... I hear it happens quite a lot?
Could have been so much worse. Thank god they are ok.

[Smowball]

Blimey Baldric!!

[Lie-in King]

Dreadful thing to happen, I'm glad they're ok & that people offered assistance.

[kvalidir]

They're always getting hit around here, hence there is a lot of bootleg venison about. Shame for the deer, but every cloud... very glad your people are okay though xxx

[bednobs]

I recall once in nf some people were killed when a pony got hit, rose up and landed on their roof squashing them. Thank god everyone is ok

[Prudie]

It happens all the time round me too, I had to really slam my brakes for one only a week ago.

For those not finding the comments about the bright side of free meat so pleasing I have rather heartwarming story. Someone from work hit a deer driving in early one morning, assuming it dead he put it in the back of his van and came to work. At break time he want out to the car park with some colleagues to discuss what to do with it next. The deer was standing up looking at him out the back window. It was set free unharmed :-)