Bear seriously injures woman in New Mexico attack
by Associated Press in Los Alamos, New Mexico from Environment | The Guardian on (#55WFK)
- Victim suffers broken bones and collapsed lung
- Authorities say bear encounters not uncommon in ski area
A woman was seriously injured when she was attacked by a bear which approached her and her husband on the deck of a New Mexico ski lodge, authorities said on Saturday.
The bear came within a foot of the couple as they sat outside on Friday night, then chased the woman before attacking her in the parking lot of the ski area on the outskirts of Los Alamos, the state game and fish department said.
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