Some of us have hit deer with our vehicles before — and nothing multiplies the danger of a deer strike like speed. That’s what makes this clip out of Minnesota so remarkable.
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Dashcam footage that was released by the Isanti County Sheriff’s Office shows the moment a medium-sized doe panics and sprints in front of a sheriff’s deputy responding to a call with lights and sirens on.
The Isanti County News still has the video on its site (it was removed from most everywhere else). It is of the unnamed Sheriff’s Deputy responding to a call about a man with a gun at a restaurant just before 6:30am.
He was traveling at 114 miles per hour just north of Cambridge when the deer jumped in front of his cruiser. Miraculously, the deputy kept control of his vehicle even though the hood flew up and smashed into his windshield.
All airbags deployed and the cruiser was totaled — the fourth to be totaled this year!
The incident “shows how important it is to not to swerve when an animal strike is going to occur. If the deputy swerved, he would have rolled and been injured or worse,” says Sheriff Caulk.
What was the outcome?
The deputy walked away with minor injuries. The deer was rendered unrecognizable.
Click HERE or on the photo below to watch the GRAPHIC video. It was removed from YouTube but the original exists.
