ZACHARY HAWKINS

            A YOUNG CROFTON MAN WAS KILLED SATURDAY NIGHT AFTER HITTING A DEER ON MADISONVILLE ROAD.

            STATE POLICE SAY THE INCIDENT HAPPENED AROUND 6 O’CLOCK ABOUT 4 MILES SOUTH OF CROFTON, WHEN 21-YEAR OLD ZACHARY HAWKINS WAS NORTHBOUND IN A PICKUP AND COULDN’T AVOID STRIKING THE DEER.

            THE DEER TRAVELED THROUGH THE FRONT WINDSHIELD OF THE VEHICLE, STRIKING HAWKINS. THE CHRISTIAN COUNTY CORONER’S OFFICE PRONOUNCED HAWKINS DEAD ON THE SCENE.

            A 14-YEAR OLD FEMALE PASSENGER WAS TAKEN BY AMBULANCE TO JENNIE STUART MEDICAL CENTER FOR TREATMENT OF HER INJURIES.

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