A deer wandered in a North Carolina hospital Thursday morning after crashing through a car windshield.

Hospital officials said the young male deer came out of a wooded area next to Carolinas Medical Center Northeast, crossed the street and jumped over a hedge, landing on an employee's windshield.

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The deer entered the hospital through a loading dock and proceeded down a hallway.

Hospital employees were able to corral the deer in a storage room and hold it until Animal Control officers could arrive.

The deer was tranquilized and removed from the property.

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