The Allen County Sheriff’s Department has fielded several calls involving car-deer accidents in recent days.
Darwin Bennett, Iola, struck a deer Wednesday while southbound on U.S. 169, just east of Iola.
Ruthana Culen, Redfield, was westbound on U.S. 54, about 4 miles east of Moran, when she hit a deer Wednesday.
Richard Luken, LaHarpe, was westbound on Nebraska Road, about a quarter mile west of 1800 Street, when he struck a deer Wednesday.
William Barnes, Savonburg, was southbound on U.S. 59, about a mile south of Elsmore, when he struck a deer Tuesday.
Car-deer accidents on the rise
