ROCHESTER, N.Y. (WROC) - As the leaves change color and temperatures begin to drop in Upstate NY, officials are reminding state residents of an influx of deer activity in the months leading up to winter.

Donovan Williams of Rochester received a reminder of his own earlier this week while vacationing in the Catskills, when he hit a deer with his car while driving on a back road.

"[I saw] a deer running down the middle of the road, it was so dark and it was so curvy on the road that I didn't see it in time," Williams said. "I clipped it pretty good."

However, a new report from the state DMV shows that accidents like these are more common in our region than anywhere else in the state. In 2024, Monroe County saw the most deer-related accidents in New York with 1,431 reported. Neighboring co

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