A Mountain Home woman’s leg was injured after the vehicle she was in swerved to miss a deer. Thirty-three-year-old Courtney Nance was transported by ambulance from the accident scene in Norfork to Baxter Health with what was termed a suspected minor injury.
According to the report from the Baxter County Sheriff’s Office, Nance was a passenger in a vehicle driven by 32-year-old Michael McCool of rural Mountain Home. They were traveling on Arkansas Highway 5 when McCool swerved to miss a deer. The vehicle ran off the right side of the roadway and struck a rock embankment.
McCool was not injured in the 12:05 a.m. accident. Damage to his vehicle was estimated at $8,000.
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