November 11, 2009 in City

Driver killed after collision with deer

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A motorist was killed this morning when his pickup collided with a deer 11 miles north of Newport on state Highway 20.

Jerald F. Kapelke, 54, of Cusick, died when the deer crashed through the windshield of his 2001 Ford Ranger pickup and struck him about 5:45 a.m. today.

He was headed east on the highway when the collision occurred, the Washington State Patrol reported.

Four comments on this story so far. Add yours!

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  calvinandhobbes on November 11 at 2:18 p.m.

  Just another reason to allow more that one deer per hunter. we should emulate MN and let people get one buck and four does. that would sure help clear up the problem!

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  TRXR4KIDS75 on November 11 at 6:28 p.m.

  We will miss you Uncle Jerry… RIP!

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  Uptight_Spokanite on November 18 at 6:36 a.m.

  We should relocate a few Canadian gray wolf packs to NE Washington to help manage these horrible rat like ungulates.

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  TOOBAD2 on April 08 at 10:46 a.m.

  OPEN HUNTING TO YEAR ROUND AND YOU WILL NEVER SEE A DEAR.