Community Black Bear Kaga, Ishikawa Oct 29, 2025, 03:00 PM

Description

Early on the 29th, a light car collided with a bear on Route 8 in Kaga City, Ishikawa Prefecture. The bear died at the scene, and the female driver was unharmed. Around 0:50 a.m. on the 29th, a light vehicle traveling toward Kanazawa on Route 8 in Kumasaka-cho, Kaga City, collided with a bear that appeared from the left. Police say the driver, a woman in her 30s, was unharmed. The bear was about 1 meter long and died on the spot. About 30 minutes before the accident, a nearby resident reported that there was a bear in a private home’s garden, and police were patrolling the area at the time. The site is a straight, one-lane road about 1 kilometer southeast of the Kaga Interchange on the Hokuriku Expressway.

Bear Type

Black Bear

Number of Bears

1

Provider Type

Community

Date & Time

Wednesday, October 29, 2025 at 03:00 PM

Address

Coordinates

36.285951, 136.294112

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