Driver calls 911 after fence post pierces chest

Texas man survives impalement after crashing into fence after striking deer. KPRC's Taisha Walker reports.

NEW WAVERLY, Texas (KPRC/NBC News) — A Texas man is recovering after he was impaled by a fence post in a Tuesday morning crash.

Montgomery County Hospital District officials said they received a call at around 4 a.m. from a man who said he hit a deer, ran off the road and hit a fence.

North Montgomery County and New Waverly fire officials said they responded and found the man’s Chevrolet pickup entangled in a fence for NRS Trailers, a trailer sales company.

Officials said the man, who is in his 20′s, was awake and conscious with an approximately 2-inch fence post through his chest and completely going through his body when they arrived at the scene.

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