B.C. Woman Hits Moose on Way to Visit Sister Who Hit Moose

National Post ^ | June 22, 2010

[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 Program’s website.

“Moose will often try to avoid vehicles by running along a highway,” added Jeff Knight, spokesman for B.C.’s Ministry of Transportation.

[Hot Tabasco]

hitting a moose just like her sister

That's one ugly sister.....

[Doogle]

"watch me pull a sister out of my hat"

[a fool in paradise]

It was a brown blur!

Doctor saw a brown blur when he checked her in.

[a fool in paradise]

Probably Bad News: Ironic Fail (FailBlog Posted on 06/24/2010 11:46:18)

[Allegra]

Multiple moose ping.

[GonzoGOP]

No beebers need apply.

Hitting moose can stune a person.

[Lady Jag]

Sadly, the moose were sisters, too.

[ZirconEncrustedTweezers]

We apologise for the fault in the titles. Those responsible have been sacked.

[a fool in paradise]

The first moose was pregers.

She killed two meese with one Ford.

[sportutegrl]

My sister hit a deer with her minivan.

[Slings and Arrows]

Will the irony never end?

[stylecouncilor]

ping

[OldMissileer]

Did any of the mooses bite any of the sisters?

No, but a Moose once bit my sister!

[Lady Jag]

Ford have always had a lot of stopping power...

[Gadsden1st]

A mouse once bit my sister. And my sister once bit my cheese, so I bit her. The mouse got away.

[dforest]

Did any of them get bit?

[RikaStrom]

You know Norm... there's something vaguely... off about that image. :-)

[ApplegateRanch]

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.

[Lady Jag]

Will the irony never end?

Nope. It's here for good.

[JoeProBono]