Fair Grove man killed when deer comes through windshield

A Fair Grove motorist died Tuesday evening when his truck collided with a deer that smashed through the vehicle's windshield and killed him, the Missouri State Highway Patrol reports.

James W. Haynes, 60, was driving his Ford F-250 pickup southbound on Route H highway seven miles north of Springfield at 5:25 p.m. when the collision occurred.

A highway patrol report indicates Haynes died at the scene when the deer "penetrated the vehicle cab fatally injuring him."

Troop D Sgt. Jason Pace said after coming through the windshield, the deer bent the truck's steering wheel, struck the victim, then crashed through the truck's rear window, exiting the vehicle.