Hunter Hospitalized After Bear He Shot Plunges Down Hill and Lands on Him
A U.S. Army soldier stationed in Alaska is recovering from life-threatening injuries he received this weekend when a bear landed on top of him after it was shot along a hilltop, PEOPLE confirms.
William McCormick, 28, was with fellow soldier Zachary Tennyson, 19, when the men opened fire on a bear standing along a ridge near Carter Lake in the Chugach National Forest, state officials detailed in their daily dispatch on September 29.
“The pair were hunting in the area and shot a bear above them on a ridge,” troopers wrote in the report. “The bear rolled down the slope dislodging rocks in the process.”
The animal — a 200-pound black bear, according to KTVA — fell down the ridge and crashed into McCormick, who was also hit by a rock.
After state troopers and officials from Moose Pass and Bear Creek fire departments responded to the scene, McCormick was flown to Providence Alaska Medical Center in Anchorage, where he was treated for “life-threatening injuries.”
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