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ZaftigFeline t1_j40s8h5 wrote

Reply to comment by BamitzSam101 in Hit a deer, not good for the deer or the car (PA insurance Q) by [deleted]

Heh, when I had my deer / car incident we actually ended up with a police report that states absolutely - Deer Hit Car.

Damn thing jumped off an embankment and landed ON my hood.

Luckily I had a spare car, friends with a body shop, and money for beer and steaks which is how we got that car repaired without involving the insurance company.

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[deleted] OP t1_j416mgm wrote

>Damn thing jumped off an embankment and landed ON my hood.

Same thing happened to my brother. Deer jumped out of a roadside gully and landed on the car - crushed the hood, shattered the windshield, and caved-in part of the roof

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ZaftigFeline t1_j41x7t7 wrote

Yep, drainage ditch gully with an embankment along route 202 near the DE border. Ironically enough, right by one of the PenDOT Deer Crossing signs. We got lucky and it bounced off the hood back onto the road side, died immediately. I lost my hood, windshield, driver door, front and side panels etc. Frame was fine though. The cops who helped us load the carcass into a relative's pickup truck to be gutted and taken to the processor told us that somebody had died there a couple years ago when a foot went through the windshield and impaled them. We were hella lucky and we knew it.

For anybody wondering, when a deer jumps on your hood it does look exactly like those signs until impact at any rate. Everyone involved has about enough time to yell the curse word of their choice, including the deer.

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