A man was seriously injured after a vehicle struck a moose on a New Hampshire highway Wednesday night. New Hampshire State Police said it happened at 8:10 p.m. Candia Fire Rescue said they were dispatched to the westbound side of Route 101 for a car that struck a moose. The moose was first struck by a vehicle going eastbound on Route 101 before crossing the median and being struck by a vehicle going westbound, state police said. A man, who was a passenger in the vehicle going westbound, was taken to the Elliot Hospital with serious injuries, authorities said. There was another person in the vehicle who was not injured, Candia Fire Rescue said. “The damage to the vehicle was pretty significant. Initially reported as the person was entrapped in the vehicle, however, that was not the case when we got on scene,” said Capt. Michael Kelley with Candia Fire Rescue. The driver of the vehicle that first hit the moose was not injured, but the vehicle was towed from the scene. Kelley said he could not recall going to Route 101 for a moose in the last couple of years, but has gone to the highway several times over the last several weeks.”For whatever reason, we’ve had a fair amount of pretty serious accidents on that stretch between Exit 3 and 4,” Kelley said.The moose did not survive, authorities said. The road was closed for sometime while the crash debris was cleared, state police said.

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