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Video: Deer smashes through Virginia school bus windshield

By FOX 5 Digital Team
Updated  April 1, 2021 10:52pm EDT
Virginia
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Virginia school bus windshield smashed by deer

Students and staff who were on a Virginia school bus Thursday morning are safe after a deer crashed through the windshield.

POWHATAN COUNTY, Va. - Students and staff in a Virginia school district were treated to quite a surprise on Thursday when a deer flew through the windshield of a school bus.

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Footage from inside the bus – provided by the Powhatan County Public Schools District – shows the faun propelled through the windshield and landing in the aisle before sliding down near the entry door.

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The bus driver – though visibly alarmed – had the presence of mind to pull over and open the door to let the deer out, however.

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A Powhatan County Public Schools official told a local publication that no one was injured, and that the deer also appeared to have survived the encounter.