Wild deer hits car on highway, put to sleep by Wildlife Reserves
Thursday, March 4, 2010 | 5:22 AM | 0 comments
A wild deer was injured along an expressway after it dashed onto oncoming traffic and hit a car Wednesday morning.
The injured deer was lying along the Seletar Expressway, near Mandai Zoo.
Eyewitnesses say that the deer was so big that it blocked an entire lane, causing a traffic jam.
A caller to the MediaCorp Hotline said he stopped his car when he saw the deer on the expressway.
He said the deer appeared to be "panicking" and ran into his car.
The Wildlife Reserves Singapore was alerted and it picked up the animal.
the deer was badly injured and had to be put to sleep.
It had a deep gash on its hip and was bleeding from the nose.
Its antlers were also broken.
the deer was a wild animal, aged between three and four.