Dashcam video from a New Jersey police officer's cruiser captured the moment when a deer attacked a driver who hit it.
The incident occurred on Sept. 17 around 8 p.m. in Howell, New Jersey, when a female driver hit a deer while driving on a dark road.
Patrolman Nicholas Austin was driving behind an SUV when he saw the deer dart in front of the vehicle in front of him. The driver of the SUV, 43-year-old Ellen Sager, braked after hitting the deer, but continued to drive for a short distance before pulling over on the shoulder of the road.
Austin, who had been responding to a call, pulled behind the SUV to check on Sager, but not before the deer charged toward the vehicle again.
The deer nearly forced itself inside Sager's car and she kicked it back onto the road.
"The same deer that Sager had just struck ran back across the roadway left to right and attempted to jump into Sager's vehicle as she opened the door," Howell Township police said in a statement. "Sager was still in the driver's seat with the door open as the deer (attempted) to climb over her and into the vehicle."
Austin's dashcam recorded the attack.
"In what appears to be a scene from a cheap comedy, Sager physically struggles with the rather large deer and has to kick the deer out of her vehicle and quickly close the door to keep it out," the statement said.
"I've never seen anything like it," Austin said. "I've lived in this town my entire life and never seen or heard anything ever like that."
Sager, who said she "grabbed a handful of antlers" during the scuffle, suffered a minor knee injury. The deer died from injuries that it suffered in the collision.
"He was determined to get in that car," Sager said. "He was mad ... He was trying to get in to get me."
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