Two hikers were taken to the hospital after they were attacked by a grizzly bear on a hiking trail near Prince George, B.C., on Sunday, according to officials.<\/p>\n
B.C. Emergency Health Services said a critical care helicopter responded to the scene around 3 p.m. PT Sunday. Two patients were transported to the Prince George Airport, the service said, and then taken to the hospital by ground ambulance. <\/p>\n
It said one patient was in critical condition and the other was stable. <\/p>\n
The hikers were attacked in a popular hiking area in the McGregor Mountain range, northeast of Prince George, according to Eamon McArthur with the B.C. Conservation Officer Service (BCCOS). <\/p>\n
McArthur says trails in the area have been closed and marked with signage as specialists investigate. <\/p>\n
“It’s remote enough that as long as people aren’t hiking in those areas there should be no concern,” he said. <\/p>\n
The BCCOS says it recommends hikers avoid the Pass Lake area. <\/p>\n
McArthur said investigators are still determining exactly what happened, but noted the hikers had safety gear. <\/p>\n
He said hikers should always try to hike in groups, make noise, and carry safety items such as noisemakers, bear spray, and a communication device. <\/p>\n
“It could be your one lifeline.” <\/p>\n
According to WildSafeBC, grizzly attacks are rare but can be fatal, though\u00a0there is an average of fewer than one fatal attack in B.C. every five years<\/a>. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Two hikers were taken to the hospital after they were attacked by a grizzly bear on a hiking…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":211697,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[43,44,41,39,42,40],"class_list":{"0":"post-211696","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-headlines","8":"tag-headlines","9":"tag-news","10":"tag-top-news","11":"tag-top-stories","12":"tag-topnews","13":"tag-topstories"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/211696","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=211696"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/211696\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/211697"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=211696"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=211696"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=211696"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}