Posted on 09/15/2016 8:19:25 AM PDT by DCBryan1
McCrory [AR] officer dies after patrol car hits deer Thursday morning
By Austin Cannon
This article was published today at 8:58 a.m.
A McCrory police officer died Thursday morning after his patrol car hit a deer on Arkansas 17.
In a news release, Arkansas State Police said Officer Robert Barker, 26, was driving north on the highway at about 5 a.m. to assist a sheriff's deputy from Woodruff County. Barker was south of Patterson when his vehicle hit the deer.
Barker, a four-year veteran at the McCrory Police Department, was pronounced dead from his injuries at a hospital in Searcy, the release said.
A couple of centuries ago, there were NO roads, cars, or
highways on this continent. Animals don’t understand.
So sorry to hear; too many of them. Lord comfort his family.
Deer are everywhere; I bought a slingshot with 1/4 in pellets to keep them out of my back yard...hit them in the butt.
They are so dumb they deserve to be eaten; but they won’t let me out of season, even if they destroy my property.
I hear ya all. Most car deer debacles end with a destroyed grill & radiator or fender damage. The fatal ones are rare but as so many have stated, they do happen.
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