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Bull moose dead after colliding with semi truck

Posted: 09.24.2012 at 4:29 PM

Ty Czarnopis

Managing Editor of UpperMichigansSource.com

PERKINS -- The Michigan State Police have reported a crash involving a moose and a semi truck on St. Nicholas Road, north of Perkins, Michigan.

Police responded to the incident at around 11:15 a.m. on Monday. Police believe the bull moose ran into the semi truck, then wandered off into the woods where it was found dead.

The 73-year-old driver of the semi was not injured.

Department of Natural Resources officers and the Michigan State Police responded to the crash.

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