Authorities are looking for a man who hit and killed a moose while driving a stolen vehicle in the Rangeley area and then stole another vehicle and fled.
The driver crashed a stolen Ford Ranger into a moose around 1:30 a.m. on July 24 on Route 4 in Sandy River Plantation, according to the Franklin County Sheriff’s Office.
The moose was killed, and the driver continued to drive the Ranger until it could not go any further.
He then allegedly stole a Chevrolet Suburban from a driveway in Rangeley.
Witnesses reported seeing the Suburban being driven by a man with a bloodied face.
Around 2 a.m., another driver, a 36-year-old Yarmouth woman, crashed into the dead moose that was laying in the middle of the road and rolled her vehicle over.
There is no word on if the woman was injured.
The stolen Suburban was later recovered on Route 27 in New Vineyard.
Anyone with information about this incident can call the Franklin County Sheriff’s Office at 207-778-2680.
