Overview
- Two people are in critical condition and two are seriously hurt, while seven others were treated at the scene, according to B.C. Emergency Health Services.
- Conservation officers said the four most seriously injured are three children and one adult, with the patients transported to Vancouver for emergency care.
- The attack occurred Thursday on a trail near Highway 20 in the Old Trail area, where a Grade 4–5 class and teachers had stopped to eat.
- RCMP and B.C. Conservation Officer Service are searching for the bear, advising residents to stay indoors as Acwsalcta School closed and arranged counselling.
- A preliminary probe notes the bear may have been previously injured, and poor weather required Joint Rescue Co-ordination Centre support for medical flights.