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Leesburg Man Transported After Thursday Crash In Elkhart County

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SYRACUSE – A Leesburg man was transported to a hospital with non-life-threatening injuries Thursday after a deer ran into his path.
According to an Elkhart County Sheriff’s Department police report, Branden Collins, 31, Leesburg, was driving his 2006 Dodge 1500 on US 6 west of CR 35 when a deer ran across the road from the north side after 4 a.m. Thursday.
Collins swerved to miss the deer, running off the roadway on the south side, and struck a tree head on.
He was transported to IU Health Goshen with facial laceration injuries.