Old news by now. But might as well post our story…

This happened Sunday, June 6, 2010 around 9:30-10pm.

[11:33] Sung: mnms!~
[11:35] Sung: wtd happened??
[11:50] Me: deer jumped in front of us
[11:50] Sung: where were u?
[11:50] Sung: i cant imagine there are deers in nyc
[11:50] Sung: o.O
[11:51] Me: connecticut
[11:51] Me: =[
[11:51] Me: there r deers on the way to ny
[11:51] Me: =[
[11:51] Me: bbl lunch
[11:51] Sung: dam crazy
[11:51] Sung: glad u and hank were ok
[12:56] Me: yeah so
[12:56] Me: deer went over the divider
[12:57] Me: apparently it made it through the oncoming traffic on the other side
[12:57] Me: we were on the left lane
[12:57] Me: i saw it jump over the divider
[12:57] Me: next thing i knew, we hit, i saw it flying above us then landing on its side then moving counterclockwise towards the right side
[12:57] Me: we swerved a bit but stayed straight and henry stopped at the lefthand side median
[12:57] Me: found out the deer hit the passenger side
[12:58] Me: henry called 911
[12:58] Me: didnt see the deer anymore.. it was too far back
[12:58] Me: the state trooper came
[12:58] Me: we had henrys sis behind us so we at least had another car
[12:59] Me: she managed to not hit us when all this was going on
[12:59] Me: he told us to get off on the next exit
[12:59] Me: i was trying to get back in to the car via the driver side bec i didnt think the passenger side was safe
[12:59] Me: but henry was telling me to get into the car with helen
[12:59] Me: i didnt wanna go through her passenger side and the state trooper was in a hurry
[12:59] Me: he screamed at me to get back into my car
[13:00] Me: he thought i was helen even if we told him several times that i wasnt her
[13:00] Me: i headed over to her passenger side anyway n got in
[13:00] Me: we parked once we got off the exit and inspected the damage
[13:00] Me: henrys shoes were went apparently there was some liquid that pooled when we stopped earlier
[13:00] Me: wet*
[13:01] Me: i found out that the state trooper had some friends of his die because they were at the median of the highway thats why he screamed.. he apologized.. through henry
[13:01] Me: state trooper reported the incident
[13:01] Me: henry called his insurance. he got a tow truck. it came pretty quickly
[13:02] Me: i found out i couldnt open the passenger side door (i went through the drivers side earlier in the highway)
[13:02] Me: we moved all the stuff from henrys car to helens car
[13:03] Me: insurance covers only 50 miles so we decided to bring the car nearby. the tow truck guy said he knew an auto mechanic/owner of an auto place and was having dinner with him just then so he was okay with taking the car at that hour
[13:03] Me: it was about 9-10pm
[13:04] Me: so we were lucky that the other car was with us and we were lucky that the auto mechanic was open to taking the car for repairs near the area and we were lucky that the airbags didn’t deploy otherwise that would have blocked vision and caused a bigger accident
[13:04] Me: we dropped the car off n got home by 12-1am
[13:05] Me: so we don’t have a car now and the estimate is about 2 weeks before it gets fixed but we aren’t even sure if we could get it back because the damage might end up more than the cost of the car (it’s 10 yrs old but it was in good condition)
[14:22] Sung: dam thats nuts

Update is that the mechanic is fixing up Henry’s car so it should be ready by the end of the month *crosses fingers*. We were lucky that Henry’s insurance is covering the cost minus the deductible.