[Courier’s title for excerpted report.]
Bridgeton News, NJ
By JAIME MARINE. DEERFIELD TWP.
Thursday, December 04, 2003
DEERFIELD TWP. -- While out deer hunting early Tuesday
morning near Lebanon Road, Mayor John Stanzione fired his muzzleloader
at a deer and missed the head of Rosenhayn resident Frank Manno
by 2 inches as he was driving to work.
The bullet smashed through the windshield of Manno's
car and lodged in the headrest, inches from his head.
Doug Ely, conservation officer for the Department
of Fish and Game, said no one was injured and that the incident
was an accident.
… "Mr. Stanzione had been hunting in that area
for many years," he said. "While there might have
been safe shooting lanes in the past, those are now gone due
to the development
the area has seen."
[Hunters use the roads off of major highways and do
not know which direction they are shooting in. We’re amazed that
this type of occurrence has not gotten more publicity. This is not
just an accident, but an accident waiting to happen. Isn’t it possible
that some crashes may have been caused by bullets entering vehicles.
If the wreckage is severe enough and the people killed or in a coma,
it might never be discovered.]
