Medic injured when ambulance hits moose

TRAPPER CREEK — A collision between an ambulance and a moose sent an emergency responder to the hospital with minor injuries late Friday evening, authorities said.

The ambulance had responded to a two-vehicle car wreck near Mile 164, Parks Highway, and was transporting one of the victims to Mat-Su Regional Medical Center when it struck the moose near Mile 114.

A second ambulance, which also responded to the wreck, transported the patient onward, while a helicopter was called to transport a medical technician injured when the ambulance struck the moose to Mat-Su Regional Medical Center. The medic was treated and released early Saturday morning, according to emergency medical services district chief Gene Wiseman.

All responders involved in the wreck were at home resting Saturday morning, Wiseman said.

“No additional injuries were sustained by the victim” of the earlier wreck, who was transported to Mat-Su Regional, he said.

The initial crash happened near the site of an August collision involving a tour bus and a pickup truck in which more than 10 passengers of the tour bus were transported for treatment of minor injuries. This section of highway is perilous, Wiseman added.

“It’s a very dangerous stretch of road, near the rail passings,” he said.