Motorcycle hit by flying elk
TT/David Landes - [email protected]
Published: 1 Aug, 2008 CET.
Updated: Fri 1 Aug 2008 09:25 CET
An unusual traffic accident occurred on the E18 highway between Årjäng and Töcksfors in western Sweden late Thursday night when a motorcycle collided with an airborne elk.
A man and a woman in their twenties were riding the motorcycle at the time, following a long-haul truck.
Suddenly an elk rushed out into the road and the truck driver slammed on the brakes.
The driver of the motorcycle swerved to avoid hitting the truck, only to then collide with the elk which came flying through the air after having been hit by the truck.
Both the man and the woman were taken to hospital with serious internal injuries and fractures.
There was no report on the condition of the elk.
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A man and a woman in their twenties were riding the motorcycle at the time, following a long-haul truck.
Suddenly an elk rushed out into the road and the truck driver slammed on the brakes.
The driver of the motorcycle swerved to avoid hitting the truck, only to then collide with the elk which came flying through the air after having been hit by the truck.
Both the man and the woman were taken to hospital with serious internal injuries and fractures.
There was no report on the condition of the elk.
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