Jon Gearhart, 44, fatally struck by vehicle while attempting to remove dead deer from State Route 14 near Horseheads, New York
Man removing deer from the road is killed in a hit-and-run, New York police say
Jon Gearhart, 44, was driving Nov. 11 on a state Route 14 in Horseheads, a village near the New York-Pennsylvania border, when he pulled over to move a deer carcass from the road, New York State Police said in a Nov. 12 press release.
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