CENTERVILLE, MASSACHUSETTS — A Cape Cod Times delivery driver told police he swerved to avoid a deer early this morning on Bumps River Road and ended up taking out a stone driveway column instead.

The crash happened around 3 a.m. in the area of 988 Bumps River Road. Police say the driver lost control after the near-miss with the deer and plowed through the stone marker. He was shaken up but refused an ambulance.

His vehicle, still fully loaded with copies of today’s Cape Cod Times, was completely disabled in the crash. The SUV — newspapers and all — was towed to a nearby towing company lot. Several people, possibly coworkers, stopped by the scene to check on him. He told them he was fine and accepted a ride from the scene.

A member of the Barnstable County Sheriff’s Crime Scene Unit responded to photograph the wreckage, and the Barnstable Police Department is investigating. What happens to the undelivered newspapers now sitting at the tow yard remains unclear.

Today’s Box Score: Deer Community 1 … Cape Cod Times 0

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HN Reminder: These are initial details based on police radio transmissions and information from the scene. The deer is presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt in a court of law.

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