Fusion vs bison, bison loses and driver walks away

[wickedstangs]

<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/safety/" rel="tag">Safety</a>, <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/ford/" rel="tag">Ford</a></p><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/fusion-vs-bison/1529041/"><img hspace="4" border="0" vspace="4" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2009/04/10fusionbison-580.jpg" alt="" /></a><br />
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<br />Here in Michigan, high-velocity physical interaction between motor vehicles and hoofed mammals is an all-too-common occurrence. Around these parts, such collisions usually involve white-tailed deer, which seem to be about as common as pigeons, crows and squirrels. These incidents generally result in hefty repair bills and fresh piles of venison on the roadside. <br /><br />Montana resident Maureen Edgerton recently had a close encounter of her own and was lucky to walk away. Instead of a 200-pound deer, she ran into a heard of bison that was migrating across the road. Adult bison weigh 1,000 to 2,000 pounds, but somehow Edgerton walked away relatively unscathed. Not so lucky was her 2007 Ford Fusion or several of the Bison, all of which were write-offs. In spite of the damage to the front of the car, the roof remained intact and the engine was still running afterward. Needless to say, Edgerton is replacing the car with another Fusion. <br /><br />[Source: Ford]<p><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2009/05/02/fusion-vs-bison-bison-loses-and-driver-walks-away/" rel="bookmark">Continue reading <em>Fusion vs bison, bison loses and driver walks away</em></a></p><p style="padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2009/05/02/fusion-vs-bison-bison-loses-and-driver-walks-away/">Fusion vs bison, bison loses and driver walks away</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.autoblog.com">Autoblog</a> on Sat, 02 May 2009 10:03:00 EST. Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2009/05/02/fusion-vs-bison-bison-loses-and-driver-walks-away/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.autoblog.com/forward/1533183/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2009/05/02/fusion-vs-bison-bison-loses-and-driver-walks-away/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>


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[VP_07SRT8]

glad they were ok sucks to be the bison and they are big!!!! safe cars these days hooyah

 

[sdsubzero4]

Wow!!!!!

 

[Gibs]

Must have been built on a tuesday...LOL


Good job again to ford for putting out an economical and safe vehicle.

 

[VP_07SRT8]

lol i like the part where is says she will be buying a new fusion

 

[ears]

wow!!! thats rediculous man,,, but i want to know how fast and what she was doing that she couldnt see a heard of bison!!!! theyre kinda hard to misss!! but all the props go to ford for another quality vehicle!!!!

 

[yosemiddysam]

I hit a deer before and it makes a sickening thud when you hit them.

 

[Tommy]

It still ran after the impact? You mean the fuel cut-off switch didn't shut off the fuel pump like it was supposed to?

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[ears]

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oh snap,,, can you say lawsuit!!!!!LOLOL!!!! i hit a deer in my 95 just put a kb on it, and about a month later i nailed a huge buck comin back from texas w my wife!!!! totaled the car and destroyed the blower!!!! i was so depressed man,,, that car was my baby!!!!!

 

[02gt]

i guess if go to Michigan i will put a brush gaurd on my stang for good reason....

 

[sdsubzero4]

oh snap,,, can you say lawsuit!!!!!LOLOL!!!! i hit a deer in my 95 just put a kb on it, and about a month later i nailed a huge buck comin back from texas w my wife!!!! totaled the car and destroyed the blower!!!! i was so depressed man,,, that car was my baby!!!!!

Ouch!!!! I feel your pain, Dude!

 

[ears]

it was rough!!!!

 

[Renegade]

is the engine (or part of it) sitting on the dash?!

 

[ears]

mine, no it was prty much all on the ground, honestly, the buck tried to jump over the car i think because we caught his legs and he face planted into the hood and kinda slid over the top,,, so the hood, was pushed all the way down past where the original manifold sat crushing the blower housing and the entire roof was caved in,,,, a bad night!!! and what made it worse was it was 2:30 in the mornin, and we were on a road that there was like a half hour drive to the nearest town, so walking,,,,, well you do the math!!!! so we just walked until we got signal and called our relatives back in texas to come and pick us up!!! the insurance company totaled the car obviously and rented us a car to get back to ohio!!! so that was cool of them, and in the end it was kinda cool now that i look back at it, because where the dear hit, it was like there was a huge splatter kinda, of blood, and then it was like a dark red racing stripe from there back!!!! sick but in the end kinda ironic!!!