The Latest: Oklahoma man fatally mauled by bear

 

September 30, 2018



JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — The Latest on a fatal bear mauling in Alaska (all times local):

2:10 p.m.

Authorities say an Oklahoma man was fatally mauled by a bear and two cubs near a southeast Alaska mine.

Alaska State Troopers identified the victim as 18-year-old Anthony David Montoya of Hollis, Oklahoma.

Troopers say all three bears were killed. Montoya's body is being sent to the state medical examiner's office for an autopsy.

Montoya was a contract employee for Hecla Greens Creek Mine. The mine reported that the incident Monday occurred at a remote drill site accessible only by helicopter.

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