The night of Sunday, May 26, an officer attended the site of a collision between a vehicle and an elk near Birchbank Road on Highway 22.
The driver, a 31-year old woman, reported that the elk had run onto the highway and collided into the driver side of her vehicle causing body damage.
The woman was not injured.
Unfortunately, the elk did not survive.
“In this case, the collision seemed mostly unavoidable,” says Sgt. Wicentowich. “However, animals frequently cross the highways in every location throughout the Kootenays,” he adds.
“Please do your best to watch out for wildlife, and slow down to an appropriate speed when you see any animals roadside while travelling.”
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