LAWRENCE TOWNSHIP – No injuries were reported after a freightliner collided with a bear at 8:10 p.m. Sunday on Interstate 80 westbound at mile marker 118.9 in Lawrence Township, the Clearfield-based state police reported.
James L. Eldert Jr., 62, of Deer Park, NY was traveling westbound in the right-hand lane when a bear entered the roadway and into the path of his freightliner from the northern berm. The freightliner then struck the bear, which fled back into the woods.
Eldert wasn’t injured. He was wearing his seatbelt at the time of the collision.