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Deer tossed from I-295 overpass slams through big rig’s windshield

Posted at 6:50 AM, Dec 10, 2012
and last updated 2012-12-10 06:53:08-05

VARINA, Va. (WTVR) – A truck driver is lucky to be alive after he said a deer was tossed from an overpass along I-295 in Varina and slammed into his big rig.

It happened around 12:30 a.m. early Friday just before exit 22A on I-295 north near Route 5, according to a Miami-based trucking company.

The driver said his truck slammed into the deer carcass, which crashed through the semi’s windshield.

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