May 27, 2010 by onstarconnectioncom
"Deer vs Caddy" – Bill Davis
“Last October after dinner with friends, my wife and I were headed home on a parkway in Ky. It was about 8:00p.m.. We had only been out of town a couple of miles traveling at 70 MPH when a large buck deer appeared in the corner of my eye in the headlights. I had no time to react to slow down and I hit the deer dead center of my 2006 Cadillac DTS. Fortunately for us, the airbags did not deploy and I was able to steer the car safely off to the shoulder of the road. I was in an isolated area of Ky and had no cell phone service, however I did have OnStar. I pushed the blue button and immediately had an adviser on the line who made sure there were no injuries to us. Unfortunately my Caddy didn’t fair as well. As I said previously, stranded in the middle of nowhere, the OnStar advisor called the State Police for me and also called for a wrecker to come and tow the car for me to the nearest dealer, 40 miles away, all at no additional charge. There was an hour wait for the wrecker to arrive and OnStar kept me advised several times as to the status of their arrival. OnStar was greatly appreciated that night.”
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