Motorcyclist suffers life-threatening injuries after colliding with moose in Cape Breton

A RCMP vehicle is pictured on July 3, 2025. (CTV Atlantic / Callum Smith)

A motorcyclist was taken to hospital with life-threatening injuries Saturday after colliding with a moose near Aberdeen, N.S.

RCMP, EHS, and fire services responded to a report that a motorcycle struck a moose on Highway 105 around 5:15 a.m.

The driver, and only rider of the motorcycle, was a 47-year-old Waycobah man.

An RCMP collision reconstructionist visited the scene and the investigation is ongoing.

Police say the moose died.

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