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Big rig misses one moose, but second one not so lucky

HEMATITE TOWNSHIP, Mich. — A truck driver is assessing the damage to his rig after he avoided one moose in the road only to strike another on the Upper Peninsula road in Michigan.

State police from the L'Anse post say Jerrold Micolichek was traveling north on U.S. 41 in Iron County's Hematite Township early Friday when he saw the first moose on the right shoulder.

A second moose came from the left shoulder as Micolichek maneuvered to miss the first one. Micolichek wasn't hurt, but his rig sustained major damage.

The moose was killed. A state wildlife officer in the county took possession of the carcass.