‘Amazed that she’s alive’: 18-year-old driver in ICU after hitting moose on icy road
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ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU/Gray News) - A mother in Alaska says her 18-year-old daughter is lucky to be alive after hitting a moose Monday night while driving down an icy Anchorage road.“That’s what we’ve been hearing this entire ordeal, from the EMTs to the doctors; they are amazed that she’s alive,” Megan Stone said about her daughter’s crash.According to Stone, the collision occurred when her daughter Autumn was driving home on Minnesota Drive when a moose appeared in the roadway. Stone said she does not believe her daughter had any time to brake.When firefighters arrived, they found a badly damaged vehicle with Autumn trapped inside. It took several crews to cut her out with the Jaws of Life hydraulic rescue tools.Anchorage firefighter Jason Dolph said moose are particularly dangerous when they are hit at highway speeds.“Typically when a car strikes a moose, that moose becomes suspended in the air,” Dolph said. “And when that moose then lands on the vehicle. In this case, it landed on