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B.C. Woman Hits Moose on Way to Visit Sister Who Hit Moose
National Post ^
| June 22, 2010
Posted on 06/24/2010 11:59:54 AM PDT by nickcarraway
Two sisters from the northwestern B.C. community of Kitimat have both had close encounters with moose on the loose.
A month ago, Yvonne Studley, 49, was badly injured when she hit a moose with her vehicle, so last Friday her sister decided to visit her in Vancouver General Hospital.
But sister Connie Everitt, 51, also hit a moose and ended up in hospital.
In the first accident a month ago, Studley was on her way home from a business trip when a moose ran in front of her car.
The animal went through the windshield and landed on her, breaking her wrist, arm and hand, fracturing five of her ribs and causing bleeding in her brain.
The pregnant moose died near the collision.
When Studley came out of her coma, Everitt and her husband Steve decided to visit her.
She and her husband were in two cars last Friday afternoon. Everitt, in the first car, was going around a corner near 70 Mile House, B.C., when she saw a brown blur.
I knew right away it was a moose, she said. I slammed on the brakes with both my feet.
It was like two explosions.
She was taken to the hospital in nearby 100 Mile House, B.C., with mostly soft-tissue injuries.
The coincidence of hitting a moose just like her sister really threw me for a loop.
My first thought was, Are the moose going out [on a] hunting season for my family? Everitt said.
Moose are involved in about 8% of all wildlife vehicle collisions, according to the Wildlife Collision Prevention Programs website.
Moose will often try to avoid vehicles by running along a highway, added Jeff Knight, spokesman for B.C.s Ministry of Transportation.
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TOPICS: Cheese, Moose, Sister; Travel; Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: cheese; moose; sister; womendrivers
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To: nickcarraway
hitting a moose just like her sister
That's one ugly sister.....
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posted on
06/24/2010 12:09:13 PM PDT
by
Hot Tabasco
(Peanut butter was just peanut butter until I found Free Republic.........)
To: nickcarraway
"watch me pull a sister out of my hat"
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posted on
06/24/2010 12:09:58 PM PDT
by
Doogle
(USAF.68-73..8th TFW Ubon Thailand..never store a threat you should have eliminated)
To: US_MilitaryRules
It was a brown blur! Doctor saw a brown blur when he checked her in.
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posted on
06/24/2010 12:10:06 PM PDT
by
a fool in paradise
(I wish our president loved the US military as much as he loves Paul McCartney.)
To: nickcarraway
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posted on
06/24/2010 12:14:06 PM PDT
by
a fool in paradise
(I wish our president loved the US military as much as he loves Paul McCartney.)
To: thackney
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posted on
06/24/2010 12:15:01 PM PDT
by
Allegra
(Topop!!!!!)
To: Attention Surplus Disorder
No beebers need apply.
Hitting moose can stune a person.
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posted on
06/24/2010 12:29:59 PM PDT
by
GonzoGOP
(There are millions of paranoid people in the world and they are all out to get me.)
To: Slings and Arrows; nickcarraway
Sadly, the moose were sisters, too.
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posted on
06/24/2010 12:37:34 PM PDT
by
Lady Jag
(Double your income... Fire the government)
To: US_MilitaryRules
We apologise for the fault in the titles. Those responsible have been sacked.
To: Lady Jag
The first moose was pregers.
She killed two meese with one Ford.
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posted on
06/24/2010 12:41:43 PM PDT
by
a fool in paradise
(I wish our president loved the US military as much as he loves Paul McCartney.)
To: nickcarraway
My sister hit a deer with her minivan.
To: Lady Jag
Will the irony never end?
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posted on
06/24/2010 12:53:48 PM PDT
by
Slings and Arrows
(You can't have IngSoc without an Emmanuel Goldstein.)
To: windcliff
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posted on
06/24/2010 1:00:18 PM PDT
by
stylecouncilor
(What Would Jim Thompson Do?)
To: red-dawg
Did any of the mooses bite any of the sisters? No, but a Moose once bit my sister!
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posted on
06/24/2010 1:01:45 PM PDT
by
OldMissileer
(Atlas, Titan, Minuteman, PK. Winners of the Cold War)
To: a fool in paradise
Ford have always had a lot of stopping power...
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posted on
06/24/2010 1:10:55 PM PDT
by
Lady Jag
(Double your income... Fire the government)
To: OldMissileer
A mouse once bit my sister. And my sister once bit my cheese, so I bit her. The mouse got away.
To: nickcarraway
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posted on
06/24/2010 1:12:21 PM PDT
by
dforest
To: NormsRevenge
You know Norm... there's something vaguely... off about that image. :-)
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posted on
06/24/2010 1:25:48 PM PDT
by
RikaStrom
(Pray for Obama - Psalm 109:8 "Let his days be few; and let another take his place of leadership.")
To: Slings and Arrows
If he watched where he was going, instead of running down poor Coco Crisp, and possibly other mascots since, maybe people wouldn't be hitting him.
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posted on
06/24/2010 1:49:49 PM PDT
by
ApplegateRanch
(Made in America, by proud American citizens, in 1946.)
To: Slings and Arrows
Will the irony never end? Nope. It's here for good.
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posted on
06/24/2010 1:50:04 PM PDT
by
Lady Jag
(Double your income... Fire the government)
To: nickcarraway
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posted on
06/24/2010 1:54:33 PM PDT
by
JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet - Visualize)
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