31-year-old Melissa Mullis and her 12-year-old daughter Carson Cummings were both killed on Christmas day December 25, 2024 during a deer wreck in Cabarrus County, NC. Follow Charlotte Alerts on Instagram.

The mother and daughter were driving on Christmas when at 10 p.m. a deer hit the family’s car.

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The deer was running so fast that on impact it went through the vehicle’s windshield. Melissa and Carson died on the scene. The deer’s antlers got lodged into the neck of the victims, likely hitting a jugular vein.

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The North Carolina Highway Patrol responded to the crash. Carson was just in the 7th grade. Click here to see the many Christmas time deaths in Charlotte.