OT? "Motorist killed by dead flying deer"

[Joel S. Berson]

At 8/13/2013 01:13 PM, Laurence Horn wrote:
>the origin of flying by dead reckoning

Reckoning by dead flying?    (Wreck(on)ing or final reckoning, as you prefer.)

Joel


>LH
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>On Aug 13, 2013, at 1:03 PM, Joel S. Berson wrote:
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> > A sad and very unfortunate accident, but leading to an odd headline.
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> > Associated Press, August 12, 2013; seen in the Boston Globe.
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> > BROOKFIELD, N.Y. ­ A motorcyclist was killed
> > early Sunday after being hit by a deer that had
> > been propelled by another vehicle, police said.
> >
> > The Madison County Sheriff’s Office said the
> > accident happened when the deer walked out of a
> > cornfield in the town of Brookfield and was hit
> > at about 5:30 a.m. The deer was thrown into the
> > air and hit the biker, who died at the scene.
> >
> > Authorities say the name of the dead man would be
> > released Monday after his relatives are notified.
> >
> > There was no report of injury to the other driver.
> >
> > Brookfield is 20 miles south of Utica.
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> >
> > Joel
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