Deputies: Driver dead after deer crashes into windshield
By Fletcher Keel
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FRANKLIN COUNTY, Indiana (WLWT) — A person has died after an airborne deer hit the windshield of a pickup truck Sunday night in Franklin County, Indiana, according to deputies.
The Franklin County Sheriff’s Department says the crash happened around 9 p.m. Sunday at the intersection of State Road 1 and Davis Road in Blooming Grove.
Arriving deputies say they located a maroon Dodge Ram pickup truck with the driver dead in the driver’s seat.
The driver has been identified as Jacqueline Korb, 38, of Aurora, Indiana.
Officials say Korb was driving the truck southbound on State Road 1 when a northbound car hit a deer, causing the deer to become airborne and crash through the windshield of the truck.
Deputies say the crash remains under investigation. Blooming Grove fire, the Franklin County coroner and Lett’s Fire & EMS are assisting Franklin County deputies with the investigation.
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