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Vehicle strikes bear on Highway 6; no injuries reported, Eagle County CO

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US-6, Colorado

A vehicle hit a bear on Highway 6 near mile 164 around 4 a.m. The bear ran away without serious injury, and the driver was unharmed. The vehicle remained drivable, and damage was noticed only after the driver finished work.

Audio|Source: Summit and Eagle County Public Safety
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Transcript:
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Highway 6 at the 164. Apparently this party hit, well, according to him, a bear hit his car while he was driving around 4 a.m.
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Bear just ran off. It was not deceased. It was not seriously injured. It sounds like he was driving a Subaru. No injury, no airbags, no leakage vehicle was drivable. As he continued to work, it was not aware that he had to report this.
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He didn't even realize there was damage until he got off work this afternoon.

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US-6, Colorado

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