Motorist killed by flying deer carcass
ELMIRA, Idaho (AP) - A man has died and a woman is in the hospital following a freak accident involving a deer north of Sandpoint.
Idaho State Police and Bonner County sheriff's deputies say the crash occurred Friday morning on U.S. Highway 95 near Elmira.
According to their reports, a deer was hit by a northbound Chevrolet Sprint driven by 62-year-old Stephen Cummings of Sandpoint.
Cummings and a passenger escaped injury, but the animal's carcass was hurled into the windshield of a southbound Honda Civic.
The driver of the Civic, 69-year-old Alan Roebuck of Bonner's Ferry, died at the scene and a passenger, Georgina S. Roebuck, was taken to Bonner General Hospital.
Idaho State Police and Bonner County sheriff's deputies say the crash occurred Friday morning on U.S. Highway 95 near Elmira.
According to their reports, a deer was hit by a northbound Chevrolet Sprint driven by 62-year-old Stephen Cummings of Sandpoint.
Cummings and a passenger escaped injury, but the animal's carcass was hurled into the windshield of a southbound Honda Civic.
The driver of the Civic, 69-year-old Alan Roebuck of Bonner's Ferry, died at the scene and a passenger, Georgina S. Roebuck, was taken to Bonner General Hospital.