Flying bear kills two Canadians in freak accident

[warpedskydiver 0]

OTTAWA (Reuters) – Two Canadians died instantly in a freak accident when a car hit a 440-pound (200-kg) black bear and sent the animal flying straight through the windshield of an oncoming vehicle, local media said 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 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.

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Damn what sort of impact speed do you need to make a 440lb bear fly through the front and back windows

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[BrokenR1 0]

I read about that.

http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2011/06/08/2-people-die-as-bear-flies-through-suv/?iref=allsearch

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[blkhwk91b 0]

Well, if the bear would have.....

...been paying attention to altitude.

....did a proper gear check.

.....flown stable.

.....not have downsized to quickly.

.....got advice from real people at the DZ.

this would have never happened.

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[warpedskydiver 0]

I am thinking in excess of 85mph.

The bear must have torn their upper torsos off, at the very least from the clavicles up.

I doubt they ducked.

[JohnMitchell 16]

Even the blunt trauma might have been enough.

Damn.

[CanuckInUSA 0]

Would it be inappropriate to say that the Bruins are killing the Canucks?

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[Andrewwhyte 1]

Sheeeittt, we'all got moskitas that size flyin' 'round here this time of year.

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Damn what sort of impact speed do you need to make a 440lb bear fly through the front and back windows

That much mass has a LOT of inertia (kind of the definition if you think about it). My guess it it would go through the front and back windows without too much problem at a fairly low speed depending on the size of the windows and the angle it hit.

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[shropshire 0]

What a Grizzly accident, fur fucks sake - did it happen at an accident Black spot and were they driving a Fiat Panda?

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Damn what sort of impact speed do you need to make a 440lb bear fly through the front and back windows

That much mass has a LOT of inertia (kind of the definition if you think about it). My guess it it would go through the front and back windows without too much problem at a fairly low speed depending on the size of the windows and the angle it hit.

yes there is a lot of inertia, but to get that mass moving and then airborne, let alone traveling through the entire length of the vehicle i think woul take quite a lot of initial force.

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[BrokenR1 0]

Speed Limit was only 56 mph but with one or both cars speeding plus headed towards each other I guess it added up quite well.

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Too bad it got cut short.


Freakin' bears, flyin' all over the place. Can't even go out for a romantic cruise anymore.


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Would it be inappropriate to say that the Bruins are killing the Canucks?

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good one Steve!

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[blkhwk91b 0]

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It's a final:
Bruins 2
Canadians 1

I don't care who you are, that's funny!

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Well, if the bear would have.....

...been paying attention to altitude.

....did a proper gear check.

.....flown stable.

.....not have downsized to quickly.

.....got advice from real people at the DZ.

this would have never happened.

How do you know he wasn't flying stable, was that anywhere in the report? I didn't see anything about downsizing, or advice. Geez, some of you people just HAVE to comment before the official report from the bears in question come out!

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The bear also died.

I love that someone thought it was necessary to mention that, after all that had happened to the bear, I doubt it would have taken the deductive skills of Quincy to work that out,

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[doog 0]

This was definitely rare. I can only remember seeing one or two dead bears by the road over the years.
Moose and deer on the other hand are common. By the way, do ya know the main difference between a moose and a deer?,,deer are stupid, moose just don't give shit.

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This was definitely rare. I can only remember seeing one or two dead bears by the road over the years.
Moose and deer on the other hand are common. By the way, do ya know the main difference between a moose and a deer?,,deer are stupid, moose just don't give shit.

Deer: The brain of a rabbit, in the body of a small horse.

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This was definitely rare. I can only remember seeing one or two dead bears by the road over the years.
Moose and deer on the other hand are common. By the way, do ya know the main difference between a moose and a deer?,,deer are stupid, moose just don't give shit.

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I thought it was Honey Badger don't give a shit.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4r7wHMg5Yjg

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