Newborn fawn rescued after mother was struck and killed by car on I-77 [View all]

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Hat tip, the Fairmont Times West Virginian: Fawn born after mother killed by vehicle, rescued by courtesy patrol

Newborn fawn rescued after mother was struck and killed by car on I-77

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Posted: Monday, July 27, 2015 4:45 am
By SAMANTHA PERRY Bluefield Daily Telegraph
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PRINCETON — Efforts by the West Virginia State Police and Courtesy Patrol helped save the life of a newborn fawn whose mother was struck and killed by a vehicle on Interstate 77. ... The doe was struck shortly after 7 p.m. Saturday around mile marker 10 on the northbound side of I-77, according to Cpl. B.J. Garretson, with the West Virginia State Police Turnpike Detachment.

The doe, who was pregnant, spontaneously gave birth after being hit by a passenger vehicle. ... “She was torn up pretty bad,” Garretson said. “I have no idea how that little guy survived.”

Garretson said the Courtesy Patrol was on scene when he and Cpl. Z.M. Duke responded to the accident site. ... “I think it took me and Duke about 10 to 15 minutes to get there,” Garretson said. “The Courtesy Patrol had already found the mother and found the fawn.”

The mother deer did not survive the crash, but the fawn, who was born on the scene, lived.