SQUIRREL STRIKE REPORT

THIS IS AN OFFICIAL REPORT OF A SQUIRREL STRIKE

APPROXIMATELY 0803 ON JUNE 3 2007

EASTBOUND UPON EXITING PROPERTY ON XXXXXXXXXX STREET IN MIDLOTHIAN TEXAS

WEATHER OVERCAST WITH VISBILITY CEILING OF 1500 FEET AND 65 DEGREES FAHRENHEIT TEMPERATURE

VEHICLE FORD 5 PERSON EXPLORER NOVEMBER VICTOR DELTA WITH V-6 ENGINE

OWNER OPERATED

SPEED APPROXIMATELY 25 MILES PER HOUR

DRIVER INITIATING ACCELERATION PROFILE AFTER LEAVING RESIDENCY

DRIVER NOTED MULTIPLE SQUIRRELS ENGAGED IN RANDOM PATTERN OF EVASION WITH ONE BREAKING SOUTHEAST INTO PATH OF NOVEMBER VICTOR DELTA

NOTED SQUIRREL AT APPROXIMATELY 10 YARDS OUT FROM COLLISION

NO EVASIVE ACTION TAKEN DUE TO ROAD SIZE

DRIVER INDICATES THAT SQUIRREL MOVED OUT OF VISUAL FIELD OF OWNER AT WHICH POINT DRIVER FELT A VARIATION IN ROAD SURFACE UNDER THE FRONT AND BACK RIGHT TIRES

SQUIRREL APPEARED TO HAVE SUSTAINED LETHAL INJURIES AS OBSERVED IN REAR VIEW MIRROR

NO LOSS OF CONTROL OF VEHICLE

UNABLE TO INSPECT NOVEMBER VICTOR DELTA FOR DAMAGE AT COMPLETION OF MISSION DUE TO INCLEMENT WEATHER

THIS REPORT HAS BEEN GENERATED AS A SAFETY MESSAGE TO ALL WHO MAY BE DRIVING EXPLORERS

THIS IS THE FIRST SQUIRREL STRIKE FOR THE VEHICLE NOVEMBER VICTOR DELTA

THERE WERE 2 REPORTED SQUIRREL STRIKES FOR THE VAN SIXTY ONE PAPA BIG BLUE MIRACLE

THERE WERE 0 REPORTED BIRD STRIKES WITH THE VAN YANKEE HOTEL JOLIET GREAT WHITE

WE WILL CONTINUE MONITORING THESE INCIDENTS

DAD WITH NOISY KIDS