A wild deer was injured on a Singapore expressway after it
dashed onto oncoming traffic and knocked into a car.
The police received a call at half past five this morning about an
injured deer lying along the SLE, near Mandai Zoo.
Eyewitnesses told MediaCorp that the deer was so big that it
blocked an entire lane, causing a traffic jam.
A caller to the MediaCorp Hotline, Teo Ah Chong, said he stopped
his car when he saw the deer on the expressway.
Mr Teo said the deer 'panicked' and it ran into his
car.
The police subsequently handed over the injured animal to the
Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals or
SPCA.
Responding to queries from MediaCorp, SPCA said it had to put down
the deer, as the animal was badly injured.
It suffered a deep gash to its hip, its antlers were broken and it
was bleeding from the nose.
The society added that the deer was estimated to be about three or
four years old, and was a wild animal.
--938Live
