Deer Accident Kills Driver

{Crofton, Kentucky}... Kentucky State Police say 21 year old Zachary Hawkins of Crofton, in western Kentucky, was driving a truck on Madisonville Road around 6:00 P.M. Saturday when he hit a deer, which flew through the windshield and fatally struck him. A 14 year old passenger was taken to Jennie Stuart Medical Center for injuries received in the accident. KSP spokesperson Lt. David Jude says this time of year accounts for nearly 50 percent of all collisions with deer. Last year, over 3,000 deer-related collisions occurred in Kentucky, with four of those being fatal.