FROM ST. JOHN’S, NEWFOUNDLAND, THE TELEGRAM reports that on October 6 three women were transported to the hospital following a collision between their car and a moose on the Trans-Canada Highway.
The driver of the vehicle, a 60-year-old woman, received serious injuries, but are considered to be non-life threatening. The two passengers received injuries also described as non-life threatening.
The Toyota Matrix the women were travelling in was heavily damaged with the top of the car being peeled back by the collision.
RCMP say the accident occurred between 7:40 p.m. and 8 p.m. The vehicle was east-bound and the moose came up onto the highway in front of the vehicle.
The moose was killed immediately by the impact.
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A WOMAN IN WASILLA, ALASKA, WAS TRAPPED IN HER SUV for 25 minutes on October 4 after she struck a moose which wrecked her car. When the FD finally got her into an ambulance to be transported, it was involved in an accident. The Mat-Su Valley Frontiersman reports:
At about 6:45 a.m., the Hyundai sport-utility vehicle the woman was driving struck a moose and rolled off the south side of the road, near Mile 2. Chief James Steele of Central Mat-Su Fire Department said the accident trapped the woman — who was conscious — inside the car for about 25 minutes. “Fire and rescue were there because someone reported seeing smoke, but it turned out to be just steam,” Steele said. “The impact killed the moose instantly. It looked like a little bull.”
An ambulance carried the woman away. As it turned from KGB onto the Palmer-Wasilla Highway Extension, a southbound car turning left from KGB onto the highway extension hit the back of the ambulance, which was traveling without its lights or siren on.
Steele said that accident inflicted minor damage to the ambulance and moderate damage to the car. “We don’t know how it happened,” Steele said of that second collision.
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IN WEST HARTLAND, CONNECTICUT, The Register Citizen tells us that on September 22 Alan Green, 50, was traveling in a 1997 Ford Escort when he struck and killed a moose that had wandered into the roadway. The vehicle sustained heavy front end damage. Green, a West Hartland resident, sustained a minor injury to his left arm.
State police located the dead moose on the roadway. The Department of Environment Protection removed the animal from the scene. Green was transported to Hartford Hospital by Winsted Ambulance volunteers.
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FROM DIXFIELD, MAINE, THE LEWISTON SUN JOURNAL reported that on September 24 a young bull moose kept dozens of residents transfixed, and law enforcement officials frustrated when it strolled into town and wouldn’t leave for nearly three hours.
Sgt. Jeff Howe said the saga began around 5 p.m. on the fields near Naples Packing where the moose was first spotted. He eventually strolled into the Main Street and Weld Street area, bringing with him a large group of moose watchers, Howe said.
The bull moose starts out to cross Weld Street in Dixfield.
Charlie Picasa photo
“We had a hard time keeping people back. Traffic was snarled up. Every time we got him turned around (to go into the woods) he’d come back onto the street,” Howe said.
The moose, estimated to weigh about 700 pounds, settled down behind Wiles Funeral Home on Weld Street, walked down Weld Street, as well as along Main Street. Eventually the moose walked into the woods, and the dozens of people dispersed.
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IN CITRUS COUNTY, FLORIDA, THE LOCAL MOOSE LODGE presented the Citrus County Fire Service with five dozen “Tommy the Moose” animal dolls. The Crystal River Loyal Order of Moose Lodge No. 2013 also donated a supply of the dolls to the Sheriff’s office and the county EMS department.
The Citrus Daily tells us:
The Tommy Moose program, sponsored by Moose International, provides the plush dolls to police officers, firefighters and ambulance personnel all over North America. The officials keep the plush dolls in their vehicles, ready to be given to children when the children or their families are involved in fires, accidents or other traumatic situations.
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FROM THE PORTLAND, MAINE, PRESS HERALD comes this report:
A college official is crediting the driver of a chartered bus for keeping control of the vehicle after it hit a bull moose on Interstate 95 while carrying two soccer teams back to Fort Kent.
University of Maine Fort Kent Athletic Director Bill Ashby told the Bangor Daily News that no one on the bus was hurt in the 2:15 a.m. crash (September 26) just north of Orono. The moose, estimated to weigh 1,000 to 1,200 pounds, was killed.
Ashby said the bus was carrying the men’s and women’s soccer teams back to Fort Kent after games in New York state. The crash delayed the bus for several hours, but it continued the trip to Fort Kent.
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ON OCTOBER 6 A MASSACHUSETTS STATE wildlife biologist issued a public announcement warning the citizens to watch out for moose on the highways. The Republican reports:
Two moose have been struck by motorists in the past two days in Western Massachusetts, and a state wildlife biologist is advising drivers to watch out for them as they are in the peak of their breeding season and may wander into roadways as they search for a mate.
In Palmer, 23-year-old Justin Before, of Ware, struck a moose just before 7 p.m. on Tuesday night on West Ware Road, also known as Whiskey Hill Road, according to police. While Before’s Mitsubishi Eclipse was totaled, the moose walked away. Before also was unhurt.
But in Northampton on Monday, a large moose was struck and killed by a motorist on Route 5 near the state police barracks. The driver, Andrew M. Rule, 20, of 55 Florence St., escaped injury in the accident, reported about 10:40 p.m. Police said he had been wearing a seat belt. The vehicle sustained heavy front-end damage.
The Division of Fisheries and Wildlife this week put out an advisory telling drivers to brake for moose and deer this fall. The news release states that drivers need to be aware of increased activity by the animals, especially during early morning and evening hours.
Because moose are looking for mates, they can often wander into the path of a car, according to wildlife biologist Sonja A. Christensen. The search for a mate gives them “tunnel-vision.”
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THE CANADIAN PRESS IS REPORTING that the city of Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, will soon be getting a new hog slaughtering plant.
The city sold the building and land to the new owners of Thunder Creek Pork in the spring after taking possession in exchange for taxes owed by the old pork plant that went belly up.
Thunder Creek Pork is looking for workers and expect to start operations before the end of the year.
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