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Last updated on Wednesday, October 3, 2018
(ALASKA) - A hunter sustained life-threatening injuries after a bear he shot tumbled down a slope, dislodging rocks while hunting in Alaska’s Chugach National Forest.
Police say 28-year-old Specialist William McCormick of Washington, Indiana was hunting with Private First Class 19-year-old Zachary Tennyson in the area above Carter Lake near Moose Pass Saturday when it happened.
Police say the pair shot a bear above them on a ridge, causing the bear to roll down the slope, dislodging rocks as it fell.
McCormick was struck by the 200-pound bear and the falling rocks.
McCormick was flown by helicopter to a hospital in Anchorage where he is listed in serious condition. Tennyson was not injured.
The bear died from its injuries.
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