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| Photo Credit: G_Moorthymore-inA spotted deer was killed when hit by an unidentified vehicle near Sivarakkottai here along the Tirunelveli-Madurai four-lane highway in the early hours of Friday, sources at the Forests Department said. The carcass of a deer that was hit by an unidentified vehicle near Sivarakottai in Madurai district on Friday. Forest officials said that spotted deers crossed the road in the area in search of water. When contacted, J.R.
Samartha, District Forest Officer, Madurai, acknowledged that around four to five such incidents of spotted deers getting killed while crossing the road took place in the stretch. Personnel from the Usilampatti Range of Madurai Forest Division reached the spot and sent the carcass for post-mortem by a team of veterinary doctors..