http://calsun.canoe.ca/News/Alberta/2008/06/18/5916111.html Wed, June 18, 2008
Grizzly killed in crash
A Saskatchewan motorcycle rider who struck and killed an adult grizzly will live to tell the
tale.
The man, who was riding a Harley-Davidson motorcycle that he’d purchased just two weeks
ago, was making his way through Kootenay National Park on Tuesday night when he hit a
bruin that was trying to make its way across Hwy. 93, said Columbia Valley RCMP Cpl.
Brent Ayers.
“He was heading north towards Canmore when a grizzly bear ran across the road in front of
him,” he said.
“He was unable to avoid hitting grizzly and bear died on impact.”
The crash occurred near an area called Kootenay Crossing, approximately 200 km west of
Calgary.
The rider, who’s believed to be 50 years of age, was taken to Banff’s Mineral Springs
Hospital with non life-threatening injuries, said Ayers.
No charges are pending, he said.
At least he's not over here on the Coast or he could have lost a foot