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Flying bear kills two Canadians in freak accident

OTTAWA — Two Canadians died instantly in a freak accident when a car hit a 440-pound black bear and sent the animal flying straight through the windshield of an oncoming vehicle, local media said on Wednesday.

The bear's body hit the 25-year-old driver and a 40-year-old man sitting behind her and then shot out of the back window. The bear also died.

The accident happened on Monday night in a rural area about 25 miles north of the federal capital Ottawa.

"We don't see (this) often, even if we live in the country. Lots of deer, but collisions with a bear and two people died? That's really rare," local police spokesman Martin Fournel told the Canadian Broadcasting Corp.

Collisions between vehicles and animals are common in Canada, which has a healthy population of large wild animals such as moose and deer.

 

[Cyan]

The bear also died.

Ya think?

 

[Filth]

really sad how the people died though :/

 

[Miggytronz]

gadamn!

 

[TheDrizzlerJ11]

moose and deer?

Moose are deer.

 

[RustyNails]

Only in Canada.

 

[Firestorm]

Collisions between vehicles and animals are common in Canada, which has a healthy population of large wild animals such as moose and deer.

what

 

[FairyD]

At least the driver bearly survived.

 

[Cloudius12]

The bear's body hit the 25-year-old driver and a 40-year-old man sitting behind her and then shot out of the back window. The bear also died.

Wow, really? 440 lbs going straight through the front to back of the car? You have to be going pretty fast right?

 

[DietRob]

 

[Filth]

At least the driver bearly survived.

i see what you did thar.

 

[Sanjuro]

...the timing of this is very strange.

 

[Bisnic]

I feel terrible for laughing at the thread title. For some reason, i thought about a bear with wings crashing into a small plane or something.

 

[Filth]

Wow, really? 440 lbs going straight through the front to back of the car? You have to be going pretty fast right?

the first car hit the bear which then launched the bear onto the other side of the street, which made him go through the windshield killing 2 people and flying out of the back windshield. freaky.

 

[Bisnic]

double post

 

[Lionheart1337]

Hate to be the bearer of bad news

 

[GreekWolf]

I feel terrible for laughing at the thread title.

Me too

I was almost certain this was a freak circus accident.

 

[methos75]

moose and deer?

Moose are deer.

yes true, but there are White Tail and Mule deer as well and most do specify between Moose and Deer because of that, like some would say that we have both deer and Elk here. your thinking in too broad a term.

 

[RustyNails]

Hate to be the bearer of bad news

You have to bear in mind that a 440lbs flying object can be pretty deadly.

 

[levious]

moose and deer?

Moose are deer.

is it like a square/rectangle thing?

 

[Clydefrog]

...the timing of this is very strange.

heh

 

[SnakeXs]

I bet it was a grizzly site. :\

 

[Sinatar]

 

[Filth]

 

[SimleuqiR]

This news redefines the definition of "road kill".

That is one shitty way to go.

 

[Akainu]

 

[Chojin]

^^^^^

Edit : Damnit

 

[DoomGyver]

When bears fly you die.

 

[soul creator]

omg bear is flying how can that be?

 

[FantasticMrFoxdie]

Flying bears?

You have to bear in mind that a 440lbs flying object can be pretty deadly.

I love the smell of pun-gaf in the morning!

 

[android]

what

Not everyone lives in the city....I see deer everywhere in Nanaimo.. they are like pigeons.

 

[FOOTE]

So sad.

 

[Clydefrog]

 

[AlphaTwo00]

what

We're all lumberjacks, didn't you get the memo.

 

[RustyNails]

I love the smell of pun-gaf in the morning!

I do too, but sometimes its unbearable.

 

[mclaren777]

Any pictures from the accident scene?

 

[raphier]

I do too, but sometimes its unbearable.

True to the bearing.

 

[DoomGyver]

I love the smell of pun-gaf in the morning!

Strawbearies and cream?

 

[Lionel Mandrake]

... So is E3 cancelled next year?

 

[Kentpaul]

These puns got me in laughing fits over here lol

 

[neorej]

The driver of the first car was Reggie Fils-Aimes?

 

[RustyNails]

The driver of the first car was Reggie Fils-Aimes?

What? You're bearly making any sense.

 

[Corky]

Damn that's pretty horrible :/

 

[Bisnic]

Is GAF trying to break some kind of record on puns?

 

[xbhaskarx]

That accident must have made for a grisly scene...

Spoiler

At least I didn't use the word bear for the fiftieth time.

 

[xbhaskarx]

Is GAF trying to break some kind of record on puns?

Punners are just pandaing to their audience.

 

[RustyNails]

Is GAF trying to break some kind of record on puns?

Nothing will top the cow thread. The pun record will never reach those levels again.

 

[Stumpokapow]

what

Most of Canada does have a large moose population, you BCians are so out of touch

 

[Xavien]

I know i shouldn't, but the Thread title and the scenario explained in the OP has left me in laughing fits.

What a way to go!

 

[Roto13]

what

What "what?"