Ga. woman riding scooter killed in crash with deer, sheriff says

EATONTON, Ga. — A Georgia woman was killed Wednesday night after she collided with a deer while she was driving a scooter near Lake Oconee, according to the Putnam County Sheriff’s Office.

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The accident happened on Ward’s Chapel Road in Eatonton around 8:30 Wednesday.

Putnam County Sheriff Howard Sills said 48-year-old Misty Renee Honeycutt was driving a 150RL Magnum scooter to her home when a deer ran into her.

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She was rushed to the hospital, where she died.

The deer was no longer at the scene of the crash, but deputies found hair in the wreckage.

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Honeycut had severe head trauma and didn’t appear to be wearing a helmet when she was hit, according to the sheriff.

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