Moose Lands in Front Seat of Car

**James** · #1 (**permalink**) 03-20-2006, 05:21 AM

Now this would be scary.

LEOMINSTER, Mass. - A 500-pound moose crashed through the windshield of a car in Leominster and ended up sitting in the passenger seat with its head sticking through the glass.

Emergency personnel late Thursday had to cut the roof off the car to extricate the moose, which was later euthanized by state environmental police because of severe injuries, police Lt. Raymond Booth said.
The driver, Juleigh McDowell, 30, of Sterling, was able to get out of the car under her own power and escaped serious injury, police said.

McDowell was simply driving along Route 12 at about 11 p.m. Thursday when the moose crossed her path, he said.

demobud · #2 (**permalink**) 03-20-2006, 06:46 PM

My sister-in -law was having her car worked on a few years ago and her mechanic asked her if he could drive it to his home in the evening to rod test it. He called her the next moring to report that a large doe had lept fom the side of road and hit her car.

**James** · #3 (**permalink**) 03-21-2006, 07:05 AM

Ouch! I have only came close once and it scared the crap out of me.

demobud · #4 (**permalink**) 03-21-2006, 12:17 PM

Yeah, those things aren't so Bambi like when they're coming at you on the freeway.