A passenger vehicle struck a moose on the highway and was then rear-ended\u00a0by a pickup truck<\/p>\n
Another reminder today of how dangerous wildlife on highways can be.<\/p>\n
A moose collision on Highway 64 in French River yesterday morning sent two people to the hospital, one with serious, non-life-threatening injuries, another with minor injuries.<\/p>\n
On Sunday at\u00a08:30 a.m., Nipissing West OPP\u00a0responded to a two-vehicle collision\u00a0after a passenger vehicle struck a moose on the highway and was then rear-ended\u00a0by a pickup truck.<\/p>\n
Both drivers were taken\u00a0to an area hospital. The driver of the passenger vehicle that hit the moose suffered\u00a0serious injuries.<\/p>\n
Highway 64 was closed for just under five hours while police investigated.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The highway has since reopened.<\/p>\n
The accident follows one earlier this week on Highway 17,\u00a0west of the Highway 144 junction. that killed a Sudbury man.<\/p>\n
In that case,\u00a0 a\u00a020-year-old driver\u00a0was pronounced deceased at the scene, and\u00a0the eastbound lanes of Highway 17 were closed for approximately eight hours while police examined the scene.<\/p>\n