A bizarre auto accident involving two vehicles and a bear has left two people and the bear dead, Canadian authorities said.
Police in Quebec said a 300-pound male black bear wandered onto a road and was struck by an eastbound Pontiac Sunfire. The impact sent the animal hurtling through the air, where it smashed the windshield of a westbound Nissan Pathfinder sport utility vehicle and went out through the back window, regional police spokesman Officer Martin Fournel said.
"It was a 300-pound bullet," he said.
The SUV's 35-year-old female driver and a 40-year-old man sitting behind her were killed; a 28-year-old front-seat passenger suffered minor injuries, Fournel said. In the Pontiac, neither the driver, a 23-year-old man, nor his 19-year-old male passenger was hurt.
No alcohol or drugs were involved, and police are still trying to determine each vehicle's speed in the 90 kph (56 mph) zone, Fournel said, adding that charges are unlikely.
"It's a first, there's no doubt about that," he said. "We had similar accident several years ago with a deer going through the windshield and ending up in the back seat, where it injured a boy. He wasn't killed, he was hurt. But it was not like this."
It's bear mating season, and many male bears are out looking - sometimes recklessly - for females, so drivers on rural roads should be watchful, hunting guide Daniel Larocque told the Canadian television network CBC.
The accident occurred near the town of Luskville, about 25 miles northwest of Ottawa, Ontario.
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...sooo...you're saying the bear, aka GOD, wasn't wearing a seatbelt? Is that legal in the Canadian Himalayas?
Did the bear have a mate or any descendants? What country were they from if so?
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I think that you missed something. It says that it left the bear dead.
Huh? The article clearly states the Bear perished (Died) poor reading skills most likey YOUR culprit.
Yeah, they did say...."... has left two people and the bear dead,..." read before making dumb comments!!!
It must have been difficult for you to read the first sentence. So many big words! No wonder you didn't know the bear was dead. I am sure a Canadian could read one sentence and not get confused.
actually they did say, the bear didn't make it....
Dwight, two people and an innocent bear were killed. Why is that funny to you?
Loser!
Given your exhibition of logical reasoning in your reply to Sheila above.....it now makes perfect sense.....you are the retarded boy hurt by the flying deer referenced in the story above, aren't you?
Dwight, does your mommy know you are on the computer instead of outside playing?