So who actually did the hitting?

Headline: Deer hits car.
Image caption: Deer hits car.
First line: Deer hits car.
Later in the article: Police said … car hits deer.
Via: Deer on loose in Christchurch suburb, one hits car | RNZ News.
So who actually did the hitting?
Via: Deer on loose in Christchurch suburb, one hits car | RNZ News.
@Miraz A local policeman from back in the day in my hometown was known to ask, whenever he arrived at a car crash: all right, folks, no need to argue, who hit whom first?
@Miraz “a car being damaged”
This is exactly the kind of thing for which our descendants will rightfully dismiss us. Imagine giving a crap about a bloody machine as compared to a living, breathing animal.