Local OPP is asking drivers to keep an extra eye out for wildlife on area roads. Just after 10 p.m. on Thursday, May 7, the Bracebridge OPP got called to the crash on Highway 11 north just south of Mitchell Road. Police say a moose had wandered onto the highway and was hit by a coach bus. Two other vehicles hit the moose after the initial crash. There were no other injuries.
Police say this is the second crash involving a moose this week. The last one happened on Sunday, May 3 on Highway 11 north, just north of Doe Lake Road in Gravenhurst. A police cruiser hit a moose at around 10:30 p.m.
