Moose hit on Merrit Parkway today

[tonyg Goomba & Super Moderator Find all posts View Profile Close tonyg]

There was a warning about it yesterday- guess the driver wasn't tuned in. It's the 4th moose hit in CT this year and I must have missed the one that had previously been hit in Canaan ( a few miles west of my place). I've only seen one in the state and that was about 8 years ago a few miles away.

[bigfrank Administrator Find all posts View Profile Close bigfrank]

just saw it on the news.

[lawren2 Malibu Beach Barbie & A Super Moderator Find all posts View Profile Close lawren2]

The moose should be more careful in plotting their summer vacation travel routes. Everyone knows that the speed limit on the Merritt is Con-NINETY-cut.

[Linda74 Member Find all posts View Profile Close Linda74]

We were stuck in the traffic from that accident on our way to Stamford. Saw the little Subaru Impreza that hit the moose and it was a mess. Today's paper said the moose was euthanized. And no word on the driver who is seriously injured.

[tonyg Goomba & Super Moderator Find all posts View Profile Close tonyg]

One thing that some people don't understand is that the Moose will generally not move and even if it does, they get little or no traction on road surfaces.

[ArtsieAng Super Moderator Find all posts View Profile Close ArtsieAng]

That's a shame. I feel very badly for both the moose, and the driver.

[riverdees05 Platinum Contributor Find all posts View Profile Close riverdees05]

We had a 16 year old girl hit and kill a Black Bear just outside of town - Cape Girardeau, MO around 10:30 PM, a couple of years ago - only 3 miles from my house. We never did hear much about it after the initial report, makes you wonder what it was doing here in Southeast Missouri. Would like to have a recording when she called up her parents and told them she hit a bear. I am sure at first they thought it was a real wild tale for not being home on time.