Disasters · Deer collisionBoone county deer crash: Animal thrown through windshield kills Glasgow driverWritten November 6, 2026 at 7:09 PM UTCTranscript0:07A deer thrown across a highway broke through a jeep's windshield and struck its0:10driver.0:11The forty-year-old man from Glasgow died at the scene on US forty in Missouri.0:16How did a deer struck in the opposite lane reach him?0:19The crash happened east of Rocheport in Boone County on Thursday, November5.0:25It was around Rocheport Gravel Road and North Shady Hills Lane.0:29The Missouri State Highway Patrol recorded the time as five forty-seven p.0:33m.0:33A seventy-five-year-old man from Clark was driving a twenty twenty-four Chevrolet0:38Equinox eastbound.0:40The Glasgow man was heading west in a Jeep renegade.0:43The first impact happened when the equinox struck a deer in the road.0:47The equinox's impact threw the deer into the westbound lane, directly into the0:52jeep's path.0:54The animal broke through the windshield and struck the driver.0:57The jeep then left the road to the left, hit trees, and came to a stop.1:02The jeep driver was pronounced dead at the scene.1:05Both men were wearing seatbelts.1:07The fatal sequence included the deer entering the passenger compartment, followed by1:11the Jeep's collision with trees.1:13October and November are Missouri's peak months for deer collisions.1:17Most strikes happen from six to seven in the morning and six to nine in the evening.1:23This crash happened thirteen minutes before that evening window.1:27The danger extends beyond those hours.1:29Missouri's transportation department urges drivers to stay alert and avoid1:34distractions during the seasonal increase in wildlife movement.1:38The other driver's condition still isn't clear.1:41The Glasgow man's death was recorded as Troop F's fifty-sixth traffic fatality of1:46twenty twenty-six.1:47That figure counts traffic deaths across crash types within the troops area, a1:53regional measure of the year's toll on the roads.Read the articleStory timelineHeyDex
