Pennsylvania State Police. Photo by James Short.
The accident occurred along the 3500 block of Big Road/Route 73, police said.
A deer was killed and the striking vehicle was towed from the scene after a one-vehicle incident on Big Road the evening of May 31, Pennsylvania State Police said.
Police said Gerald C. Boorse, 82, of Telford, was driving a 2019 Toyota RAV4 east in the eastbound lane of 50 mph-posted Big Road/Route 73 around 8:30 p.m., when a deer entered the lane from the eastbound side of the road. The deer ran directly in front of Boorse’s car, who did not have time to react and hit the deer, police said.
Boorse stopped his car on the 3500 block of Big Road, police said, and the deer was found dead on the westbound shoulder of Big Road. The RAV4 was towed from the scene.
Boorse was uninjured in the crash, police said.
