A Norwegian driver who tried to avoid crashing into an elk hit a bear instead, a wildlife official said.
The accident took place on Wednesday night on a rural road 225km (140 miles) north of Oslo, in Hedmark county.
While the driver escaped uninjured, a search party was tracking the bear after finding traces of blood, local wildlife official Svein Erik Bjorke told the Reuters news agency.
Norway is home to around 100,000 elk and 150 brown bears.
The driver spotted the elk - known in north America as a moose - around midnight near Hanestad village and tried to steer around the animal, when a bear suddenly ran in front of his car.
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