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One man dead after hitting a deer in Andrew County

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ANDREW COUNTY, Mo. (News-Press NOW) -- One man is dead from being thrown off his motorcycle after hitting a deer in Andrew County on Friday evening.

The 64-year-old male driver of a 1993 Harley-Davidson Electra Glide was eastbound on Route O, two miles west of Cosby, Missouri.

The motorcycle struck a deer after it entered the roadway, ejecting the driver.

The driver came to rest in the eastbound lane, and the vehicle traveled off the south side of the roadway, coming to rest in the grass on its right side, facing east.

The driver was pronounced dead at Mosaic Life Care at 9:10 p.m. on Friday, July 18.

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