(La Porte County) - An Indiana State Police officer rescued a young deer from a dangerous interstate situation.

On Thursday morning Trooper Tim McCormick responded to a call on the Indiana Toll Road in La Porte County involving a deer in distress along the roadway.

McCormick found that the fawn was not injured but could not make it up the steep roadside embankment by itself. According to an ISP Facebook post, the officer carried the little deer to safety so its mother could find it.

“While it’s best to leave wildlife alone,” police explained, “the decision was made to help this fawn up the embankment so that it would not take the easier path and become the cause for a crash report when it got hit on the interstate.”

They added that, as a longtime police veteran, McCormick is not one to “buck” a challenge. Oh deer!