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April 17, 2015

JBLM employee injured in bear encounter

JOINT BASE LEWIS-MCCHORD (AP) — A training area at Joint Base Lewis-McChord was closed after an employee encountered a bear and was taken to the hospital.

Base officials closed Engineer Bluff on the Lewis Main training area Thursday afternoon. They said a civilian employee was on the trails of the bluff early in the afternoon when he was attacked by a bear. He was taken to the Madigan Army Medical Center where he's receiving medical care for non-life-threatening injuries.


 
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