What do you get when a deer crosses the road at 10 MPH and you (in the car) are traveling 70 MPH?
You get a deer that is propelled 30 feet in the air to a ditch and dies, a huge dent in your car, and then fire....?
Here I was about to leave my house and head over to a friend's house, when I get a call that says "Hey can you come get us we just hit a deer and the car is on fire." I have to say this is the most bizzare sentence that has been spoken to me. After I absorbed what was being said to me, I headed out on 21 to see the entire highway stopped. When I got out there the fire department was hosing of the car. Praise God that no one was hurt....besides the deer but I am sure he didn't feel much and he looked a little young to have kids so most likely he was single.
How on earth does a fire start? This is my guess, you ready for this.
So when the deer impacted the car the shear weight of the deer was so much that it actually pushed the under carriage of the car to the ground which then shot sparks flying in every direction, and in turn caught some left over oil residue on fire and then spread. Whether that really happened or not I might never know, but it sounds good right? I mean even the tires were melted that is just crazy to me, I can't imagine what the fire must have looked like.
One of the humorous parts of the night, that I think made the situation a little more bearable for the famil,y was when Patrick's younger brother got his picture taken with the deceased deer and one of the officers gave him a piece of the deer's antler, that had broken off, as a momento.
It was such an encouragement to see the family's reaction to what had happen, when they could have complained about lossing their car or their plans being ruined they didn't, rather they praised God that they all got out alive and no one was hurt. We should always remember that we are never promised another minute.
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