CHADWICKS, N.Y. — It started out as a normal journey for Viktor Karpovitch. The tractor trailer driver from Sauquoit was on his way from New York to California, a normal trip for him. But it wasn’t until he stopped for gas at a rest area in Iowa that the trip took an unexpected turn.
“As I am walking to get fuel, I see a big bird by a garbage can. So, I look at it just out of curiosity and it was windy so, I really wasn’t sure if it was dead or alive, so I had to check it out, then I saw it’s wing move.”
it was a red tail hawk. Another trucker told Karpovitch he had hit it some 70 miles earlier. Karpovitch went inside, purchased a hoodie which he wrapped the bird in and set back on his way to California…