A girl has suffered “critical accidents” in Alaska when a bear attacked her close to her driveway whereas she was out on her early morning jog, officers mentioned.
The incident occurred early Tuesday morning when the Kenai Police Division in Alaska obtained a name at 6:58 a.m. informing them that there had been a bear assault close to the intersection of Chinook Drive in Kenai, the Alaska Division of Public Security mentioned of their assertion on Tuesday.
“[An] investigation revealed a 36-year-old feminine departed her residence at 5:45 a.m. to go jogging and was close to her driveway when the preliminary assault occurred,” police mentioned.
A neighbor ultimately got here outdoors and positioned the unnamed sufferer earlier than alerting authorities to the incident.
The jogger was taken by helicopter to an Anchorage space hospital the place she was handled for “critical accidents,” in accordance with the Alaska Division of Public Security, although no particulars got about what accidents she sustained or what situation she was in following her preliminary medical analysis and therapy.
“Alaska Wildlife Troopers, Kenai Police Division, and Alaska Division of Fish and Sport personnel searched the realm on foot and with a drone in search of the bear,” officers mentioned. “The bear has not been positioned. Patrols of the realm will proceed, and the general public is suggested to stay vigilant whereas outdoor.”
The Kenai Nationwide Wildlife Refuge close by comprises nearly 2 million acres of land together with an estimated 2,183 totally different animal species dwelling there, in accordance with the Kenai Nationwide Wildlife Refuge.
The investigation into the assault is presently ongoing.
