Driver swerves to avoid hitting a moose… and runs into a BEAR instead
Even in the unfortunate world of car accidents, this one has to be at the top of the list for bad luck.
A Norwegian driver making his way along a rural road at night was given the shock of his life when a moose suddenly appeared in his headlines.
Accidents involving the massive animals can be fatal, so the driver was not taking any chances and began evasive action.
Troublemaker: A Eurasian elk, similar to the type of moose that decided to take a midnight stroll along a country road near Hanestad, Norway
Swerving his car to avoid the animal, the motorist must have thought that his fancy bit of driving put him in the clear.
Wrong!
Instead of hitting the moose, he ran headlong into a bear that was minding its own business nearby.
The unbelievable accident happened near Hanestad, 170 miles north of Oslo, around midnight on Wednesday.
Innocent bystander: The brown bear involved in the accident, similar to this one, is being tracked by wildlife experts who fear it has been badly injured in the accident
Svein Erik Bjorke, of the local wildlife authority, said: 'The driver had lost a bit of speed as he tried to avoid the moose before hitting the bear.
'We are currently tracking the bear and we have found traces of blood indicating internal injuries.'
The driver escaped uninjured but the same couldn't be said for his car.
Norway's rugged mountains are sparsely populated and full of wildlife. The country, nearly the size of Germany but home to just five million people, has around 100,000 moose and 150 brown bears, authorities said.
Rural area: Hanestad is around 170 miles from the Norwegian capital Oslo
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