EASTON, Maine — Maine game wardens on Friday, Aug. 25, investigated a hit-and-run accident in which a young moose was struck.
Game wardens received a call around 5 a.m. Friday about an injured moose suffering in the middle of the Center Road in Easton. Warden Ed Christie responded to the call and located a young bull moose in the road near Country Farms Market.
According to Christie, the animal was struck in the back legs, which were no longer working and ultimately the moose had to be put down.
“The right rear leg was out of socket. It got hit at some point in the night so I don’t know if it got hit down the road and worked its way down through the woods and hopped back up in the road,” Christie said.
The person who struck the moose has not reported it to local authorities, Christie said.
The speed limit on that stretch of the Center Road is 25 mph, and after investigating the scene Christie was unable to find any “vehicle parts,” which led him to believe the moose may have been hit by a tractor trailer truck and the driver may not have known he or she struck the moose.
“If you hit any animal, even if it runs off and you don’t have any damage, then you need to report it so somebody can go at least look to see if the animal is in the ditch. We’d like to know about it so we don’t leave them lying there suffering,” Christie said.
Country Farms Market manager Mike Gallagher removed the moose from the road with a forklift. A local resident took the moose for meat.
