Taylor Norcross, 27, in coma following collision with moose on Maine Turnpike near Gray

GRAY — An Auburn woman was critically injured when the car she was riding in struck a large moose on the Maine Turnpike on Wednesday night, Maine State Police Trooper William Baker said. It "went over the top of the car right over the passenger compartment. She was a passenger in a 2004 Infinity sedan driven by Frank Gatto, 40, of Auburn. Taylor Norcross, 27, suffered head injuries and was in the Intensive Care Unit at Central Maine Medical Center in Lewiston, the trooper said. Gatto reported on Facebook that Norcross was in an induced coma, and that medical staff  in the ICU was monitoring swelling in her brain.

LEWISTON — An Auburn woman who was critically injured when a moose struck the car in which she was riding emerged Wednesday night from a two-week coma. Taylor finally decided to come back to us." Norcross was riding in the front passenger seat of a 2004 Infinity on Nov. 4 when the car struck a moose in the northbound lane of the Maine Turnpike in Gray. She was listed in critical condition at Central Maine Medical Center, where she remains in the intensive care unit, Gatto said. Frank Gatto, who has been at his girlfriend's hospital bed since doctors induced a coma and later, after she was removed from medication, said Thursday Taylor Norcross is responding to sounds, reaching to touch people and her eyes are focused.