As someone who lives in a rural area, there's no way to mistake this. Deer will fuck your car up.
Dude was blind drunk at best.
Exactly. Plus, in some places, the sheriff has a "to call" list of folks who will come and collect the deer for processing and (usually) donation. So the process is supposed to be you get out and inspect your car, put the deer out of its misery if you're capable (again, rural area), and contact the sheriff. Particularly if it's blocking the roadway and you can't move it out of the way. Usually they'll dispatch someone, but I've heard that sometimes they just call the next person on the collection list.
put the deer out of its misery if you’re capable (again, rural area)
Be familiar with your local game laws, though. You wouldn't want your good faith effort being misconstrued as hunting/taking out of season.
Around here, it's more "be familiar with your local sheriff", but that's absolutely a fair point!
A friend's mother died this way. She was out for a walk, got hit by a drunk driver (a very upstanding member of the community! on the school board!) who didn't call anybody and went home so he could pretend that his wife was driving. They said my friend's mom likely didn't die right away. She suffered and died there alone by the side of the road. At least they figured out what had happened and the guy got convicted. Won't bring my friend's mom back to life though.
