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dennishoddy

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On the way home from the farm today, got a call from the wife that an accident just happened 100’ North of our driveway.
Guy told her that he swerved to miss a raccoon in the road, went into the ditch on the right, lost control and crossed the road to our side, hitting a tree and going through 5 strands of barbed wire before coming to a stop 10 yards into the neighbors field.
I arrived at the scene 10 minutes later. Wife had given him some sanitary wet wipes to help stop the bleeding but it didn’t help much. She left after the neighbor on the south arrived with me soon after arriving
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Fire, ambulance, Osage Sheriff, and OHP responded.
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He refused medical assistance. A family member came by and left coming back with 10 other family members.
LEO let him go home with them.
There is more to the story but I’ll let it go at that.
Forgot to post the pic of the tree. Highest scar is 7’.
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The tree didn’t move at all.
 

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Never swerve to miss a small animal and hit a tree.

Yup one of my first driving lessons when I was 14 was in a 18 wheeler. Dad was driving and we found ourselves in a situation where the choice was hit the animal in the road, swerve and hit on coming traffic, swerve the other way was not a option due to no shoulder, locking up the breaks could cause a accident as well.
He looked at me and said only one thing to do, down shift and punch it get it over with fast.

He said only time you take the ditch is if its a car with people in it or a pedestrian in the road way that wont move.
 

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Two sisters that I went to school with died from trying to miss an animal in the road. The weirdest thing about that is they didn't die in the same accident. The older sister died around 87 and the younger sister died around 91. You'd really think the younger sister would have learned from her older sister dying.
 

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