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Deputy Collides With Deer
April 14, 2010
An Escambia County deputy escaped injury in a collision with a deer Wednesday morning on Highway 29. Deputy David Bashore said the deer jumped out of the median and over his hood on Highway 29 south of Champion Drive. The deer smashed into the cruiser’s windshield at about 60 mph. The deer did not survive the impact. NorthEscambia.com photo, click to enlarge.
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24 Responses to “Deputy Collides With Deer”
WOW! Really smashed that windshield up, I do hope the officer is ok… Those deer scare me and they are usually always out.
WOW!!!! If it ain’t a cow than it’s a deer. Its that time of year again they will start moving alot.
First case of an ” I E D ” in Escambia County Florida. IED= Idiot Errant Deer. Hey Bashore, I’ll see you this weekend. Stop by and visit.
Dave, you do know there are easier ways to get a new windshield, right? Glad you’re ok brother.
Mary N. I truly hope you do not have to be proven wrong the hard way. When one is going to hit you, watching only enables you to see it happen. I had one dash out of the woods in front of me, and disappear in the woods on the opposite side of the road so fast, that if I had of blinked, I would have missed it.
That deer should have been home with its parents. They have no business being out at that time of night. Nothing but trouble hanging out on the street corners.
Poor Poor Deer
Suicide By Cop
Must have been depressed!
Dave, glad to see that you are ok. from the looks of it, it could have been a hard day for the family, no doubt the good lord was with you. I know I hit one about 4 mos ago when it just jumped in front of my patrol car., theres not alot you can do, and I actually think I’ve seen more deer now than I did in January. Anyway glad your o.k. I’m thinking that deer may have been some distant kin to those deer in mansfield, and they have put a hit on you.
Was the deputy trying to tase the deer when he hit it?
Unavoidable accident! Anybody that has hit one will attest to that. I am glad that the officer was not hurt. If the deer had gone through the windshield, the outcome may have been very different. Maybe they will get him a new tahoe!!
In most cases, the deer hits you, not the other way around.
Construction Zone.
Speed limit 55.
Scatterd, splattered, smothered, and covered
I like the comment “The deer did not survive the impact.”
Don’t care how safe you are…..you can’t read the mind of a deer….they bolt and run right out in front of you or into you or even try and jump you….better watch those just standing by the road, if you slow down and they hear the slow down, that’s when they go dashing in any direction.
Come on yall. Someone always has to put the spin on the story that maybe they weren’t paying attention to their driving etc. This time is was Mary N!!
for MaryM: My wife is a very safe driver and she hit one just at dusk due to it running from a wooded area into the roadway. I have lived here in the north end a long time and due to a lot of good luck have not hit one. I can not begin to count the times the deer would be right on the side of the road grazing and run into the path of my vehicle or a car coming the other way. As I said I have been lucky and if you haven’t hit one so have you.
looks like that was almost a deer in the face.
Mary N. that doesn’t mean anything. You have just been lucky. We have never hit one either, but who knows one day he may just decide to attack us. LOL
Glad it wasnt a person!!!! lived here 20 yrs & never even came close to hitting a deer because i know there are woods all around & i watch for them.
BBQ Time…so who gets the deer??
Road kill let’s get in line.
Doesn’t look like he jumped over the hood, more like on the windshield. Thankful that the deputy did not recieve any injuries.
JJ that was cute… LOL….
OH DEER!