Law enforcement put their lives on the line every day protecting our community, but for one Broome County sheriff’s deputy, that saying hit a little closer to home after a scary situation.

Deputy Derek Linebaugh has been with the sheriff’s office for two years, and in that time has seen his fair share of crazy situations, but a near head-on collision on Interstate 81 is enough to make anyone stop and think.

Deputy Linebaugh said he was responding to a car that hit a deer Saturday when he saw headlights pointed straight at him.