A Galena woman is injured in a collision while attempting to avoid hitting a deer.
79-year-old Tommie Bottorff suffered minor injures yesterday (on Tuesday) evening after she swerved to avoid a hitting a deer in the roadway. Bottorff was southbound on Southeast 80th Street near the intersection with Wyandotte Road in Cherokee County, or about 8 miles east of Columbus.
The evasive action caused Bottorff's 2023 GMC Sierra 3500 to leave the road and strike a culvert.
The accident occurred just before 5pm.
