Army Tough Guy Trampled by Deer

(a "newspaper article" for an online course I took)
Army Tough Guy Trampled by Deer

Army Sergeant Elwood S. “Woody” Lane was seriously injured yesterday in an unusual encounter with a herd of deer. The Sergeant, whose Army duties include teaching hand-to-hand combat to new recruits, was on vacation taking in the sights at Abbott’s Deer Park on the south side of town. According to Lane, who is expected to make a full recovery, he had stepped out of his car (not recommended by the park owners) to shoot some camcorder footage of deer grazing nearby. Apparently Lane had stopped his car on the path between a young faun and its mother. That’s when the herd began charging toward the car. Lane stayed by the side of the car, expecting the animals to veer left and right around the car. Instead, one of the larger animals came straight toward Lane, knocking him to the ground where he was trampled by several more deer before he could manage to regain entrance to the car. Others in the car, Lane’s wife and two small boys, were uninjured.

After spending last night in the hospital, Lane was released today with multiple contusions and abrasions. “I’ve never seen anything like it,” Lane said. “It’s like they wanted to kill me.” The owner of the Deer Park does not plan any changes to park rules for visitors. “Stay in your car” is the rule, he said. “How much plainer can you get?”