Dramatic footage has emerged of a deer surviving being hit by a car on a highway in Washington state, US.

The video, captured in the end of May, shows the unfortunate creature darting into upcoming traffic and being sent flying in the air. But, according to the filmer, it was able to get up and walk off.

They later wrote online: "I was driving down the road and found that a deer was taking a stroll in the middle it. So when the vehicle next to me slowed down too, we looked at each other like, "what do we do"? So I started recording the deer walking in front of me.

"It decided to jump over the median into oncoming traffic. After the deer was hit, I turned around and shared the video with the driver. She had pulled over where she had hit the deer. There was substantial damage to her bumper, grill, and hood.

"The car was so new, it still had the paper temporary license plate in the window. She wasn't too happy. Fortunately the deer had survived the hit and ran off into the woods."

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Dramatic footage has emerged of a deer surviving being hit by a car on a highway in Washington state, US.

The video, captured in the end of May, shows the unfortunate creature darting into upcoming traffic and being sent flying in the air. But, according to the filmer, it was able to get up and walk off.

They later wrote online: "I was driving down the road and found that a deer was taking a stroll in the middle it. So when the vehicle next to me slowed down too, we looked at each other like, "what do we do"? So I started recording the deer walking in front of me.

"It decided to jump over the median into oncoming traffic. After the deer was hit, I turned around and shared the video with the driver. She had pulled over where she had hit the deer. There was substantial damage to her bumper, grill, and hood.

"The car was so new, it still had the paper temporary license plate in the window. She wasn't too happy. Fortunately the deer had survived the hit and ran off into the woods."

+++CLIENTS PLEASE NOTE: Looped, graphic+++