North Lakes Firefighters called to the scene of a collision between a van and a moose on Route 161 late Thursday night struck and killed another moose on the way.
The three people in the van suffered minor cuts and scrapes, though one passenger was taken to a Caribou hospital and the two firefighters walked away from their accident.
Firefighter Stephen Belanger, 53, was driving the North Lakes Fire and Rescue Department’s 1979 International tanker truck to the scene when a moose ran into the roadway in front of him a mile or so from the first crash. FF Belanger tried to avoid the moose but could not and also struck and killed the animal. Belanger and his passenger, FF Ben Pelletier, 54, were not injured in the accident. The tanker sustained heavy damage to the front and had to be towed from the scene.
