Black Bear Killed after Wandering into Rocky Mount Hospital
U.S. Newswire, June, 2004
A large male bear had been reported to be in Rocky Mount for several days raiding trashcans and birdfeeders. On June 15, just after 9 p.m. the bear wandered by Carillion Franklin Memorial Hospital and stepped on the sensor that triggered the automatic doors to open. People scattered as he entered the emergency room area and moved down the hallway. A Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries game warden was at the hospital when the incident occurred. Franklin County Sheriffs Office deputies and Rocky Mount police officers responded to the scene. By then a large crowd had gathered outside of the hospital entrance.
When the bear went into a room someone closed the doors behind it. With patients and employees still in the hospital, tranquilizing the 345-pound adult black...
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