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Deer lands through family truck windshield near downtown
by Ed Fogle, published on July 7, 2009 at 4:11 PM
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Tony Pineea and his four sons got a big shock when a deer landed in their windshield.
Tony Pineea was traveling North on Highway 160 out of downtown Sacramento Tuesday morning with his four sons when a deer emerged from the light rail area adjacent to the highway and jumped in front of their pickup truck at the Del Paso exit.
The deer hit so hard in the windshield area that the windshield broke through and collapsed in. The driver only sustained very minor injuries and refused transport to the hospital. Per Pineea, his sons were seatbelted and uninjured.
The deer did attempt to run off, however it was too severely injured. An on scene CHP officer had to euthanize the deer on site to end its suffering from unrecoverable injuries. The Del Paso off ramp was closed for a short time.
Per Captain Doucette of the Sacramento City Fire Department, deer do commonly roam that area this time of year and an occasional mountain lion can be seen.
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Mark Forsyth
July 8, 2009 | 10:36 AM
I drove by shortly after firefighters arrived and blocked off the del paso exit. It's scary to think a deer could just jump into the freeway.
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thsas
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July 8, 2009 | 7:30 PM
Hope the tenderized venison was taken to F and L.
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Sonia Lucyga
July 8, 2009 | 10:24 PM
The size of the hole in the windshield is intense, but I was glad there was a visual.
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