Suicide Of A Tenessee Deer

by Nan Varoga

I suppose this isn't an overly 'funny' insurance claim story, but it was certainly an unusual experience.

We were driving to Knoxville this summer when a deer leaped out of the median into the highway and basically committed suicide by impaling its head on the driver's side mirror of my husband's car.

My husband drives a convertible (the top was up) and if the deer had hit the car another few inches higher it would have smashed the driver's side window and ended up inside the car.

The deer then bounced off the car four or five times (making dents all along the side each time) and landed on the highway. I was following in my car and had to steer suddenly to the left to avoid hitting the deer as well.

Fortunately, the insurance company paid the claim.