Concord Residents Involved in Two-Car Crash with a Moose

Stark Highway in Dunbarton was closed for about an hour last night after two vehicles crashed during an accident involving a moose, according to police.

Officers were called to the area of 200 Stark Highway North, Route 13, for a two-vehicle crash involving a moose.

“Upon arriving on scene, the moose was found to be seriously injured and lying in the middle of the roadway,” according to police.

Police reported that a Subaru Outback, being driven by a Concord man, had stopped in the road facing southbound after seeing two moose in the road. Another vehicle, a Hyundai Accent, being driven northbound by a Penacook woman, allegedly struck one of the moose sending it into the Subaru.

“Because of it’s serious and incapacitating injuries, the moose had to be put down,” according to police.

The Accent sustained front-end damage and was towed from the scene; the Outback sustained minor damage. Neither driver was injured. Traffic on stark Highway North was reduced to one lane for nearly one hour.

Dunbarton Police were assisted at the scene by New Hampshire Fish and Game Conservation Officer Geoff Pushee as well as several good Samaritans who stopped to help alert oncoming traffic to the crash.

Police are asking the public to view this educational video produced by the New Hampshire Department of Transportation and the New Hampshire Highway Safety Agency regarding collisions with moose and other animals: nh.gov/dot/media/video/wildlifecollisions.htm