Unborn baby dies after mom swerves to avoid deer

A Sauk Centre woman is grieving after an accident caused by a deer on an interstate in central Minnesota caused her to lose her unborn child in her eighth month of pregnancy.

[Mr Right]

She should have hit it head on, such as what the State Troopers tell you to do.

[Theresa]

My heart aches

[J_Zee Creatively]

I'm sorry for r loss,and hope have great support system!! God Bless and will give u the strength to get through this.

[Denny Crane]

Catherine wrote:

Dayman keep your personal views out of this tragic story...condolences to the family...

What is this story even being put on here for? just condolences? now TC.com is a condolance page! no, personal opinion is what it is use for and this story has nothing to do with any matters of "opinion" -yeah its a sad story, so whats the issue? the deer?
what now , "kill all the Deer" is that the point?

[Godz Will]

bummer

[Jane]

I think it's a very sad thing to write an article about. I hope she was asked if it was OK first to put her traumatic situation in print for everyone to read.

[Sporty]

My heart goes out to her and her family and pray to god she'll be able to deal with this with love and understanding from her friends and family.
God bless her and her family.

[Inomine]

An unborn baby is an unborn baby the moment he is conceived. His death is tragic at any stage of growth and development. Condolences to the family as well.

[Just askin]

Just wondering if she was wearing a seat belt?

[Mpls 123]

Just askin wrote:

Just wondering if she was wearing a seat belt?

I had the same question. Seatbelts can save the life of both the mom and the baby in a car accident. http://familydoctor.org/online/famdocen/home/...

What a tragedy for this family. My sincere condolences.

[none]

Mpls 123 wrote:

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I had the same question. Seatbelts can save the life of both the mom and the baby in a car accident. http://familydoctor.org/online/famdocen/home/...
What a tragedy for this family. My sincere condolences.

Ever think that the seatbelt could have caused the injury to the baby?

[Julie]

What a terrible loss, I am so sorry their sweety. May god be with you and your family in the tragic loss...godspeed..Julie

[Your Conscience]

Oh...no....

[Billy Bob]

Sorry for your loss.

Too many deer, lets cull some more during this hunting season.

These road rats need to be reduced. The city folk in Minneapolios and St. Paul think these rats are cute, but they are rats.

[Anne]

Julie wrote:

What a terrible loss, I am so sorry their sweety. May god be with you and your family in the tragic loss...godspeed..Julie

Julie,

Well said!!

Anne

[Fed up with bailing out]

I don't think I have EVER in my life saw headlines announcing the death of an unborn baby.

[Mpls 123]

none wrote:

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Ever think that the seatbelt could have caused the injury to the baby?

This is actually a good question.

What usually injures babies in a car accident is a sudden impact to the abdomen - like from hitting a dashboard or steering wheel.

What you don't want with a seatbelt is a seatbelt that goes across the tummy. Then if you get into a car accident, the seatbelt catches on the baby and this can hurt the baby.

Seatbelts should be worn so that the lower belt is over the hips (as low on the abdomen as it can go) and the top belt is above the pregnant belly. That way, the seatbelt catches on the mom's hips and chest and nothing touches the baby in a car accident. No seatbelts, dashboards, or steering wheels hitting the baby = good.

[Zero]

Never swerve to miss a deer. Hit them head on. Much less chance of injury to people in the vehicle. Hit the brakes, but DO NOT TURN.

[Former Ranger]

Mr Right wrote:

She should have hit it head on, such as what the State Troopers tell you to do.

That is correct, slam the braks on fine, but if you try to swerve more than likely you'll end up hitting a tree, much worse than just hitting a deer.

[Incredible70]

Never swerve to avoid a deer!!