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RENO, Nev. — The eagle has landed — with a thud — after crashing through the windshield and into the cab of a tractor trailer on a Nevada highway.
State wildlife officials said Wednesday that the 15-pound golden eagle with a 7-foot wingspan has a swollen head but otherwise appears unhurt after crashing into a Florida driver’s big rig Monday on Interstate 80.
“The guys in the truck immediately bailed out because it was one ticked-off bird. She was pretty feisty,” said Joe Doucette, a spokesman for the Nevada Department of Wildlife. “Even the officer who responded didn’t want to go in there, so we had one of our wildlife biologists do it.”
The eagle was recovering at a wildlife rehabilitation center.
