WATERFORD, Vt. (AP) – A motorist was killed when the car he was driving struck a moose on Interstate 93, killing the animal, which was then struck by two other cars, police said.
Nathan D. Buck, 35, of St. Johnsbury, was northbound late Wednesday when his 1995 Subaru hit a large bull moose and careened off the highway and into a cluster of trees sometime after 11 p.m.
He died at the scene.
The carcass remained on the road, and was struck by a Subaru Forester operated by Megan Fletcher, 41, of St. Johnsbury, according to Trooper Teresa Randall, one of the investigating officers.
The dead moose was also struck by a Mercury Sable driven by Carli Lovely, 24, of Lyndonville.
Neither woman was hurt.
Police responded to Lovely’s call from a convenience store about 11:30 p.m. and found Fletcher in her car, pulled off the side of the highway with a flat tire and her emergency flashers on.
Both told police they believed the moose was already dead when they hit it, so Randall and two game wardens returned to the scene to search for the vehicle that had the collision that killed it, Randall said.
They followed tire tracks off the road to Buck’s car, which traveled 500 feet after hitting the moose, Randall said.
“The car didn’t roll or anything. The injuries he sustained are most likely from when he hit the moose,” said Randall.
AP-ES-09-21-06 1753EDT
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