Port de Grave woman still traumatized from moose collision

More than two years after a terrifying moose collision, a Port de Grave woman is still recovering.

Jean Pike Kennedy said it happened in a flash.

Driving on the Trans-Canada Highway in January 2011, Pike Kennedy said in an instant her windshield was gone, and the roof of the vehicle peeled open like a tin can.

"I just remember kind of thinking 'moose' in my head, and went for the gearshift ... I don't know what was I going to do. But it was just so instantaneous that that's all I recall until I woke up," she said.

Pike Kennedy eventually woke up in hospital with a broken nose, and a doctor stitching a deep cut across her face.

Now almost two and a half years later, she said while the physical wounds have largely healed, the psychological damage persists.

Recently after suffering a bad nightmare, Pike Kennedy said she nixed a plan to drive to the west coast.

"I woke up in bed screaming. I thought, 'Okay, I'm not driving to Corner Brook now' ... so, it's still there."

Pike Kennedy wants the province to do more to control the moose population, to prevent others from suffering the same trauma.

"I think we do need to put something into place, especially for the sections that are near highways and the different roads where we do have an over abundance of moose," said Pike Kennedy.

"I would love to see the fencing go up, but we're not hearing a lot from provincial government on that."

Public consultations were held in 2012, but the government has not yet announced its five-year moose-management plan.