Bear Injures 2 Teen Hikers on Mount Si, Closing Trails as Officers Hunt Animal
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Updated · KOMO News · Jun 17
Bear Injures 2 Teen Hikers on Mount Si, Closing Trails as Officers Hunt Animal
3 articles · Updated · KOMO News · Jun 17
Summary
Two teen hikers were hurt on Mount Si Tuesday after a bear charged a youth group; one teen was attacked and another twisted an ankle while fleeing.
King County deputies said the attacked teen became separated from the group during the encounter, then made it back and was assisted down the mountain by search crews before going to a hospital with non-critical injuries.
Officials later identified the animal as a black bear with cubs and said the teen was released from the hospital that night; Washington has recorded 20 black-bear injury encounters since 1970.