Powell County Sheriff Delivers Fatal Bear Attack Update
Late Tuesday afternoon, KGVO Information spoke to Powell County Sheriff Gavin Roselles about the fatal bear assault that happened late Monday night time or early Tuesday early morning around Ovando.
Sheriff Roselles mentioned an adult female was killed in the incident.
“Early this morning concerning 3:30 a.m. and 4:00 a.m. County Dispatch was notified of a bear versus human face,” explained Roselles. “We dispatched health-related reaction from the Helmville Ovando Hearth Department and the QRU. They arrived on scene and rendered healthcare care to an adult female who was camped at a website in the Orlando place.”
Sheriff Roselles explained a look for has been underway all working day for the bear in dilemma.
“Since then, the Powell County Sheriff’s Place of work in conjunction with Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks have not only processed the scene and gathered proof, we have carried out a fairly huge scale look for of the place in Ovando both of those by ground and air, and we carry on to search for the bear that was concerned in the incident,” he said.
Roselles explained the scope of the search.
“We concentrated our endeavours in the speedy place of Ovando,” he claimed. “We lined almost everything within a mile or so, initially rather intensely. We then labored out probably 3 to 4 miles outside of the Ovando area. We now have bear traps established up in the place. We are preparing to carry out a further air operation afterwards this afternoon and all over