Driver seriously injured when deer hits windshield in Hockessin

Driver was seriously injured when deer struck windshield of truck on Lancaster Pike in Hockessin. (Photo: Delaware Free News)

Driver was seriously injured when deer struck windshield of truck on Lancaster Pike in Hockessin. (Photo: Delaware Free News)HOCKESSIN, DELAWARE (3/24/2017) A truck driver was seriously injured when a deer shattered the windshield on Lancaster Pike today, according to reports from the scene.

The collision happened about 10:30 a.m. at Mitchell Road.

A northbound car first struck the deer, which crossed into the southbound lane and hit the A-1 Sanitation Service truck.

The deer was killed.

The driver of the truck was taken to Christiana Hospital in Stanton.

The woman driving the car was not injured.

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