Moose loose stops road, rail traffic in Oslo

NORWAY: A moose caused transport chaos in Oslo Saturday when it ran on to a main highway then into a train tunnel, halting road and rail traffic, before it was shot dead, police said.

“The moose has now been shot inside the rail tunnel,” Tor Groettum of the Oslo police told AFP after a drama lasting more than two hours.

He said the moose, known as an elk in Europe, had disrupted traffic from around 9:30 am (0730 GMT) as it ran along in the middle of the E18 Mosseveien highway -- the main road from Oslo towards Sweden.

“He was running along quite calmly, but a moose in the road can always do a lot of damage,” Groettum said, adding that no one had been hurt.

AFP