Grizzly bear hit by car near Anchorage RV park

Howard Hawkins Jr. of Anchorage was driving to get an early morning cup of coffee, and the next thing he knew he had slammed into a 15-year-old Grizzly bear that was running across the highway near an RV park. "I didn't have time to react. I wasn't even able to hit my brakes or anything," he explained.

According to news reports, the bear was in a lot of pain after being hit, with a broken leg. It was stumbling around, roaring and growling, After calling 911, Hawkins got out of his car to wait for police, who arrived within minutes and promptly told him to get back into his car.

The grizzly charged the police at one point, then scurried back into the woods, where officers found it and killed it.

Grizzlies come into Anchorage in the summer to feed on salmon and moose, said a Fish and Game research biologist who said there were at least 20 of the bears in the city.