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Related: About this forumA Bear Somehow Fell Onto A Moving Police Car, Then Things Got Really Weird
Source: Huffington Post
WEIRD NEWS 08/09/2019 04:35 am ET
A Bear Somehow Fell Onto A Moving Police Car, Then Things Got Really Weird
Watch for falling bears.
By Ed Mazza
A bear fell onto a police car, causing a crash and fire that destroyed the vehicle and half an acre of vegetation in Northern California.
The driver wasnt injured and the bear fled the scene.
The Humboldt Country Sheriffs Office car had its lights and sirens on at 11 p.m. on Aug. 3 while it responded to an overdose call. En route, a bear fell from an embankment and onto the hood, per KRCR, the ABC station in Redding.
Caltrans, the state highway department, said via Facebook that the patrol car struck an embankment, rolled over and caught fire. The flames then spread to nearby vegetation.
The outcome of the overdose which sparked the initial call wasnt clear.
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A Bear Somehow Fell Onto A Moving Police Car, Then Things Got Really Weird
Watch for falling bears.
By Ed Mazza
A bear fell onto a police car, causing a crash and fire that destroyed the vehicle and half an acre of vegetation in Northern California.
The driver wasnt injured and the bear fled the scene.
The Humboldt Country Sheriffs Office car had its lights and sirens on at 11 p.m. on Aug. 3 while it responded to an overdose call. En route, a bear fell from an embankment and onto the hood, per KRCR, the ABC station in Redding.
Caltrans, the state highway department, said via Facebook that the patrol car struck an embankment, rolled over and caught fire. The flames then spread to nearby vegetation.
The outcome of the overdose which sparked the initial call wasnt clear.
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Read more: https://www.huffpost.com/entry/bear-police-car-fire_n_5d4d007de4b09e729743f40b
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A Bear Somehow Fell Onto A Moving Police Car, Then Things Got Really Weird (Original Post)
Eugene
Aug 2019
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PoindexterOglethorpe
(26,932 posts)1. No dash cam?
I'm very disappointed.
pangaia
(24,324 posts)2. ONLY in Humbolt County...
yellowcanine
(36,353 posts)3. The bear was just trying to see what he could see.