At 8:50 PM on Saturday, Blossburg & Cogan House have been dispatched to a crash on Rt. 15 South between a truck and a bear.
TRACTOR TRAILER DISABLED AFTER HITTING 2 BEARS
FNN Article Update © Saturday, September 26, 2020.
COGAN HOUSE TWP, PA - Liberty fire crews, Cogan House Substation units and a Blossburg ambulance crew responded to a reported single vehicle accident involving a momma bear and her big cub on Saturday evening, September 26, 2020, in Cogan House Township.
The accident was said to have occurred in the 20,000 block of the southbound lane of the Route 15 Highway near the Turkey Ranch around 8:50PM. The accident involved the two bears being struck by a tractor trailer. The crash disabled the tractor trailer, as fluids were reported coming out from under the vehicle.
There were no human injuries reported and the truck was parked off the roadway. However, both bears were killed.
FNN was told that Pennsylvania State Police are handling the investigation into the crash.
All units on scene were cleared around 10:00PM.