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Bear attacks family in B.C., then guards two gravely injured women: RCMP

Two women, aged 30 and 48, were airlifted to hospital with critical injuries.

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The Canadian Press

The Canadian Press

A black bear is seen near Lake Louise, Alberta, June, 2020. A black bear is dead and two women are critically hurt after an attack near Dawson Creek.
A black bear is seen near Lake Louise, Alberta, June, 2020. A black bear is dead and two women are critically hurt after an attack near Dawson Creek. Photo by JONATHAN HAYWARD /THE CANADIAN PRESS

DAWSON CREEK — Police say two women were critically injured when a black bear attacked a family hiking near Dawson Creek, then guarded the victims until it was shot dead.

A statement posted to social media by the B.C. Conservation Officer Service says the family of four turned and ran when the bear charged them Monday evening.

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The service says the bear chased them and attacked one woman, while another woman and a teenage boy were injured trying to help her.

First reponders searched for the victims for about an hour at the cross-country ski club trails on Bear Mountain, south of Dawson Creek.

Officers found the two women, aged 30 and 48, critically hurt with a large boar black bear apparently “guarding” the victims and ignoring attempts to scare it off.

The Mounties say officers shot and killed the animal, making way for the victims to be airlifted to hospital with life-threatening injuries.

The conservation service says one woman was taken to hospital in Edmonton, and her condition is not known.The two other victims were taken to hospital in Dawson Creek.

The service says its investigators remain at the attack site.

“No additional bears were located during a sweep of the area. A necropsy will be conducted on the bear, an adult male.”