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3 hospitalized after near miss with deer

Posted at 8:11 AM, Feb 10, 2019
and last updated 2019-02-10 08:11:46-05

MECOSTA COUNTY, Mich —Three people are hospitalized after their car nearly missing a deer.

Deputies were dispatched to 20th Avenur north of 9 Mile Road, for an accident involving one car.

A 20-year-old man from Holland and lost control after swerving his car to miss a deer.

In the process, he ran over a large rock, causing the vehicle to overturn into a frozen creek bed.

The driver and passengers. a 20-year-old man from Grand Rapids and an 18-year-old woman  from Rockford, were transported to McLaren Central Michigan hospital for injuries that were not life-threatening.

The crash is still under investigation.