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1 injured after hitting bear on rural road in western Wisconsin

Published July 1, 2019 5:53pm CDT

FOX 9 Minneapolis-St. Paul

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Photo courtesy the Pierce County Sheriff's Office

PIERCE COUNTY, Wis. (FOX 9) - One person was injured when they hit a bear while driving on a rural road in Pierce County, Wisconsin Saturday night.

Around 9:30 p.m., John Worsing, 68, and Ladonna Worsing, 66, were driving on County Tk J west of 790th Street in Trimbelle Township when they hit the bear, according to the Pierce County Sheriff's Office.

Worsing was hurt and transported to a hospital in Stillwater, Minnesota with undetermined injuries.

The bear ran off after the crash and was not located.