Grizzly Bear Kills Bicyclist Camping in Western Montana

Grizzly Bear Kills Bicyclist Camping in Western Montana
Jacobsen Creek, a tributary of the North Fork of the Blackfoot River near Ovando, Mont., on April 26, 2006. Jennifer Michaelis/The Missoulian via AP
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HELENA Mont.—A grizzly bear attacked and killed a bicyclist who was camping in a small western Montana town early Tuesday, triggering an intensive search for the bruin by wildlife officials and law enforcement officers who planned to kill the animal, authorities said.

The pre-dawn attack happened in Ovando, a town of fewer than 100 people about 60 miles northwest of Helena, said Greg Lemon, a spokesperson with Montana Fish Wildlife and Parks.