Spain: A brown bear dies after being hit by a car

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A grizzly bear has died after being hit by a car

Asturian authorities note that the occupants of the vehicle were not injured. A necropsy will be conducted on the animal.

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Authorities released a photo of the bear lying in the grass and the mangled car.

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A bear was hit and killed by a car on a road in Asturias, northwest Spain, overnight Friday to Saturday, local authorities “X”, announced earlier on Twitter.

Accident in the middle of the night

“A year old bear ran at dawn on the AS-15 road, between Zarréu and Degaña. The occupants of the car were not injured,” Asturian authorities wrote on social media, posting a photo of a brown bear lying on the grass and a car with its front end completely destroyed. The accident happened around 1:30 a.m., they said, adding that a post-mortem examination of the animal would be conducted.

About 330 brown bears

In Spain, around 330 Brown bears According to the Brown Bear Foundation, another 76 live in the Cantabrian mountain range and the Pyrenees.

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