Christina Milne was driving along a road near the Nicasio Reservoir in West Marin Thursday when she saw a pickup truck pulled over with its flashers on, the driver waving for help.

She pulled over and discovered the man had struck and killed a mother deer by mistake, only to discover her two newborn babies by the side of the road, still alive.

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The two fawns had been born so recently their umbilical cords were still wet, according to wildlife rescue organization WildCare.

Milne retrieved a sweatshirt from her car and used it to wrap up the fawns and wait with the driver until help could arrive.

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It was a busy stretch of road, and more cars pulled over to help. One was carrying two women, who said they would get to an area with cell service and call WildCare. Another driver pulled over on his way to Olema, and Milne asked him to stop at the fire station and alert the sheriff that she was on the road to the reservoir with the two fawns on her lap.

About an hour later, deputies from the sheriff's office and Marin Humane arrived. The fawns were taken to WildCare's wildlife hospital in San Rafael and given a full body exam, fluids, and blankets, to counteract shock. The fawns were also offered an electrolyte drink, but they squirmed and shook their heads rather than suckling on the bottle.

They'll soon be transferred to Fawn Rescue, a Sonoma-based organization focused on caring for orphaned black-tailed deer fawns and giving them the space they need to stay wild, according to WildCare spokeswoman Alison Hermance. Orphaned fawns can easily "imprint" on humans and come to follow them around as they would their mother, making it harder for them to thrive in the wild.

"These two orphans will be transported to Fawn Rescue as soon as possible, where they will grow up in the company of other fawns, and will return to the wild as soon as they're old enough," said Hermance.

WildCare asks that people take care while driving and alert their hotline at 415-456-7283 should you see injured wildlife or potentially orphaned baby animals around the Bay Area.