Nothing like Southern reporting
Our hometown newspaper, The Stanly News and Press, had this as their HEADLINE story in their January 15, 2009 edition. Only in the South would this be a lead story, and only in the South would the lead story end with these last three words. I actually spit coffee when I read them.
The story, in all its glory, is below.
2 drivers escape serious injury after deer becomes pinballed into windshield
Incident happened Monday near Richfield
By Jo Anne Efird, Lifestyles Editor
Thursday, January 15, 2009 — Although a deer hit two vehicles and ended up in the front passenger seat of a 2005 Nissan, both drivers escaped injury in a freak accident Monday on N.C. 49 near Richfield.
N.C. Highway Patrol Trooper D.L. Jackson reported the accident occured at 7:20 a.m. when a buck ran into the road from the west shoulder and collided with a northbound 2006 Ford driven by Clifton Blake Metcalf Jr. of Matthews.
The collision catapulted the deer into the air and it crashed into the front of a southbound 2005 Nissan driven by Patricia Mitchell Tabor of Charlotte, entering the car through the front windshield and coming to rest on the right front floor board.
The Nissan sustained $8,000 in damages and the Ford $2,500.
The deer died.
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