DARRINGTON, Wash. — A man heading to his home near Darrington, Washington, is lucky to be alive after he struck a deer -- which then ended up -- still alive -- in the backs eat of his moving car.
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It was about 9 p.m. Sunday when Greg Winters was driving east from Arlington on Highway 530 when a doe suddenly shot out from the tree line near French Creek Road, near Oso.
Winters said he slammed on his brakes, but with less than a second to react, his two-door Honda Civic struck the deer at about 50 mph. It smashed his hood and fender and caused his passenger-side airbag to deploy.
“The front end was just demolished,” said Winters.
The sudden impact sent the doe flying up into the air as his car continued forward.
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