UPDATE at 2:30 p.m.: We spoke with Allison this afternoon about what happened. She said she was very much in shock at the scene when we first interviewed her this morning. She said she was driving on the on-ramp into extreme sun glare. In front of her, to the left across the highway, were all of the emergency vehicles and CPW, preparing to euthanize the moose calf. On the on ramp, the mother moose suddenly ran up from below in the gully at the ramp and into her car. Local law enforcement and CPW were still on the other side of the highway, with the yearling moose when the second accident happened.

 

UPDATE at 11:45 a.m. from Colorado Parks and Wildlife. “Our wildlife officers did make the decision to euthanize both.” CPW added, “I forgot to mention in my first email, we were able to salvage and donate the meat.” It will be distributed to multiple families.

 

A moose calf was put down this morning by Colorado Parks and Wildlife officers after being hit by a car on Highway 40 in Steamboat last night. The moose calf had a broken leg. The accident happened near the Mt. Werner Road exit.

The moose cow was in distress, worried about her calf that had the broken leg. She was on the side of the highway and crossing the highway back and forth. Allison was driving by and saw the moose calf, and then suddenly saw the moose cow, which she hit and it landed on her windshield.

 

Steamboat Police are on the scene as is a Community Service Officer, watching the injured mom moose who is down in the willows along the Core Trail.

They are waiting to see how injured she is. Colorado Parks and Wildlife is also on scene, monitoring the situation.