In a tragic incident in Massachusetts, a man named Daniel Ducharme, aged 31 from South Hadley, died after his car crashed off Interstate 91 on Sunday. Following the crash in Hatfield, a bear dragged his body into the woods. The bear interaction with Ducharme's body was confirmed by evidence, and it was determined that he had been partially ejected from the vehicle during the crash. Massachusetts State Police, along with environmental authorities, responded to the scene after a motorist reported the crashed car. State Police spokesperson Dave Procopio, told WCVB-TV and the Associated Press that the bear was later euthanized by the Massachusetts Environmental Police and MassWildlife, ensuring no further threat to public safety, as confirmed by the Massachusetts Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs to WGGB-TV.
A wildlife specialist said it appeared the truck got between the mama bear and her cub, sparking the attack. https://t.co/PstfgVYwUk
Dashcam footage captured the frightening moment two men foraging in the forests had their van suddenly attacked by a mama bear in Hokkaido province, Japan. 🐻 https://t.co/reSr8Erafu https://t.co/APnIsdQ1k5
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Dashcam footage captured the frightening moment two men foraging in the forests had their van suddenly attacked by a bear in Hokkaido province, Japan. A wildlife specialist said that it appeared as though the men’s vehicle had come between a mother bear and her cub. https://t.co/tplUtIJzg4
Am informed by NextDoor that someone saw a black bear in a Maryland park a few miles from my house, right at the DC beltway. Okay....
2nd DC black bear sighting in a year. 🐻 https://t.co/qrzINyXliZ
A juvenile black bear cub has been spotted roaming around D.C.'s Brookland neighborhood. https://t.co/nOXW67GA33
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“The Massachusetts Environmental Police and MassWildlife euthanized a bear in Hatfield. There is no threat to public safety,” the Massachusetts Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs told WGGB-TV. https://t.co/bF38AvbKem
Evidence suggested that, while the bear had at some point interacted with the corpse, Ducharme had been partially ejected from the vehicle and died as a result of the crash, Mr. Procopio told the Associated Press. https://t.co/bF38AvbKem
The bear fled once the scene was disturbed, said Massachusetts State Police spokesperson Dave Procopio, according to local news site WCVB-TV. https://t.co/bF38AvbKem
After a motorist spotted the crashed car in the woods and called the state police just after 11 a.m. Sunday, first responders found victim Daniel Ducharme, 31, of South Hadley. https://t.co/bF38AvbKem
Police said the evidence suggests the crash victim was "either fully ejected or partially ejected and later dragged from the car by the bear." https://t.co/nmpJ2w1IXs
Black bear near 14 & Newton NE in Brookland (animal control called) @BrooklandBridge https://t.co/BWEvZt04ER
Bear dragged car crash victim’s body from scene: cops https://t.co/nkZeO9zObv https://t.co/YZVemM3Uva
A driver likely killed in a car crash was found next to a bear, which appeared to have dragged his body into the woods away from the wreckage, according to cops. https://t.co/fFO3Io982S
Police believe the body of a car crash victim, who swerved off a road and died, was dragged away by a local bear. https://t.co/WNEPGqKzyg
A bear dragged the body of a Massachusetts man into a forest after he was killed in a car crash, authorities said. https://t.co/uCWLQtLZN8
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A bear is believed to have dragged the body of a western Massachusetts crash victim out of his car on Sunday, state police say. https://t.co/2KiTbFwe88
The body of a South Hadley man killed Sunday when his car careened off I-91 and crashed was then dragged from the vehicle by a bear, officials said. https://t.co/Rv52draO7g
A bear is believed to have dragged the body of a western Massachusetts crash victim out of his car, state police say. https://t.co/UI5PDqWEbR
Victim dragged from car wreckage by bear after fatal crash in Hatfield, police say https://t.co/KWN5CcspZx
“Evidence suggests the bear at some point had made contact with the victim’s body,” State police wrote in a press release. https://t.co/KS7nBCqoCi
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