Deer hunt in Massachusetts recreational area sparks backlash

[Omaha Steve]

50. Creighton community mourns ‘beautiful souls’ of four young women killed in car crash

Highway deaths and interstate deaths. They had to build a fence on the interstate here for a deer crossing in a bad area: http://journalstar.com/news/local/study-i--deer-fence-doing-its-job/article_ad228d96-a5cf-52bc-a587-e273c4f0bf4f.html

Collisions between vehicles and deer happen. Perhaps more than most Nebraskans imagine. The average Nebraska driver has a 1 in 109 chance of hitting a deer according to accident statistics from American Family Insurance: http://www.newsnetnebraska.org/2011/11/07/i-80-fence-targets-deer-vehicle-collisions/

Marta and I saw a deer broadsided that was avoidable. The other driver wasn't paying attention, texting, phone. It was dark but we stopped. He was coming from the other direction and never even slowed. Drove away too. We waited for the police to show before continuing to work.



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Giselle Armendariz, Elsa Barragan and Kassandra Nolasco, all members of the Sigma Lambda Gamma sorority at UNL, erect a memorial for four Creighton students killed the night before in a car accident south of Beatrice on U.S. Highway 77.

http://www.omaha.com/news/metro/creighton-community-mourns-beautiful-souls-of-four-young-women-killed/article_41368570-7b26-11e5-99a0-5782ed53fd38.html

Akuel Majouk, Mariana Ramirez, Jennifer Guzman, and Yoselin Deleon died Saturday evening on a stretch of Nebraska highway after Majouk swerved to avoid a deer.

Each had ties to Creighton University, and on Sunday evening the Creighton community encircled family and friends in a Mass that celebrated the women’s lives, while giving voice to grief.

“Their families are a part of our family,” said Shannon Roussy of the Tau Delta chapter of Sigma Lambda Gamma sorority, which three of the women belonged to.

FULL story at link.