the guy on the news said the bear tried to drag her off when she was passed out
PINETOP, AZ - Authorities say a woman was seriously injured in a bear attack in Pinetop Tuesday night.
Arizona Game and Fish spokesman Bruce Sitko said the woman from Gilbert was walking her dog in a Pinetop Lakes Country Club neighborhood around 11:30 p.m. when the adult male black bear attacked her.
According to a Game and Fish news release, the attack occurred about 60 feet from a dumpster where the bear was scavenging.
A passing motorist was able to scare the bear away.
The woman was air-lifted to a Scottsdale hospital where she went into surgery for scratches and puncture wounds. She is expected to survive her injuries, Sitko said.
Sitko said Game and Fish and law enforcement officers found a bear in the vicinity a few hours later and destroyed it. It will be taken to the Department of Public Safety lab where it will be confirmed that it is the bear that attacked the woman. If not, a search will be immediately conducted to find the right bear, officials said.
Game and Fish said bear attacks on humans are rare, with only six documented cases in Arizona since 1990.
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