712 Digital Group - top

Red Oak Police cruiser hits deer: $5,000 damage to the car

News

November 9th, 2012 by Ric Hanson

A Red Oak Police Department patrol vehicle sustained $5,000 damage Thursday night, when the vehicle struck a deer. According to the Montgomery County Sheriff’s Department, Officer Allen was traveling east on Coolbaugh Street at around 10:15-p.m., when the 2007 Dodge Charger he was driving hit a deer that entered the road from the north. The deer was killed in the collision, but Officer Allen was uninjured.