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Car-deer crashes double in Cairo to start year

Feb 10, 2022 12:21 pm

Andrea Macko reports for Porcupine Soup that car crashes involving deer have doubled in the first weeks of 2022 from last year in the Town of Cairo according to the Police Department there. “Last year, January 1 thru February 9, 2021 Cairo Police responded to 25 total crashes with 9 of them involving deer,” the department stated. “This year, January 1 thru February 9, 2022 Cairo Police have responded to 40 total crashes with 19 of them involving deer.” Only one of those car-deer crashes involved inju “Be alert and drive safe, we have observed deer herds of 10 or more crossing the roads at one time,” the department noted. “Remember, if you see one deer, there are more deer nearby.” Read more about this story at Porcupine Soup.