Crime & Safety
Couple Crashes Their Car While Trying To Avoid Hitting A Deer
A Mount Pleasant couple swerved to miss hitting a deer and ended up rolling the car they were in early Sunday morning on State Highway 38 and Five Mile Road.
A couple was injured in a one-car crash after they swerved to miss a deer and the car they were in rolled into a field at 12:47 a.m. Sunday on State Highway 38 and Five Mile Road.
The driver, Jared Lapotko, of Mount Pleasant, and a woman, who was in the passenger seat, were in the car when it overturned in the front yard of a residence. The car came to rest on its passenger side against a tree. Both were bleeding and were shaken up from the crash, according to a report by the Caledonia Police Department.
The man told police he was driving 65 mph when a deer came in front of him. The woman told police she wasn’t sure how fast they were going because she was putting her seatbelt on.
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Sgt. Brian Wall said the crash is still being investigated.
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