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Trooper Saves Driver Stabbed By Deer's Antler During Crash

Posted at 8:22 AM, Nov 10, 2017
and last updated 2017-11-10 09:24:57-05

Tennessee authorities say a state trooper saved the life of a driver whose neck was punctured and badly bleeding after a deer crashed through her windshield.

According to the Tennessee Highway Patrol, Trooper Russell Bernard responded to the crash on Oct. 25 by putting pressure on the woman's life-threatening wound until paramedics arrived.

THP says the deer was struck by a different vehicle and then smashed into the woman's car. The antlers punctured her neck and the driver's seat.

She was transported to Tri-Star Horizon in Dickson and later flown to Skyline Hospital in Nashville.

THP says the injuries to her neck and artery required emergency surgery.