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Driver swerves to miss deer, cigarette ash ignites fire  

HANOVER TWP. -- Proving that no good deed goes unpunished, a Clinton area man's car was destroyed in a fire shortly after he swerved to miss a deer Sunday morning. . . .

Just before 2 a.m. Sunday, Moore was on Route 30 in Hanover Township when he swerved to avoid a deer. While doing so, an ash from a cigarette fell onto a newspaper lying on the passenger-side floor.

As Moore turned onto Wilson Road in Hanover, the paper caught fire.

While trying to beat out the flames devouring the newspaper, Moore hit a guardrail. After Moore got out of the car, the 2005 Honda Civic was consumed by the fire.

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