Article: Deer, drivers make for deadly mix: Car crashes prove expensive, sometimes fatal for animal, people alike.

Byline: Denis Cuff

Jan. 30--Pat Dupler likes to admire the wild deer in the East Bay hills but she also has learned to fear them as potential unguided missiles that blast into the path of moving cars. Dupler has collided three times with deer at night, twice in Contra Costa County and once in the Sierra foothills. The collisions did not injure her, but rattled her and caused several thousands of dollars in car damage. "I'm a careful driver," said Dupler, a retired Martinez nurse who drives a Volvo sedan. "I had no time to avoid these accidents. Once, I didn't even see the animal until it hit my side window and its face pushed against my windshield. It was ...

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