Animals

State police responded to help an osprey hit by a truck

“We are rooting for him.”

Trooper Sergio Figueiredo holds the injured osprey. State police

May 10, 2018

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State police say when the driver of a tractor-trailer realized that he had hit a bird on Interstate 84 in Sturbridge on Wednesday afternoon, he called for help.He told state police the bird was injured, but alive. Three state troopers responded to the scene around 2:40 p.m., and the injured bird was scooped up in a blanket and taken to Tufts Wildlife Clinic in Grafton.“The good folks at Tufts identified the bird as an osprey, and did x-rays on its injured wing,” state police said. The hope is that once a pin is set in the bird’s wing, it will heal, according to police.“We are rooting for him,” the department said.