Official Black Bear Inawashiro 大字磐根, Fukushima Jun 5, 2025, 08:05 PM

Description

Around 8:05 p.m. on June 5, on the Ban'etsu Expressway northbound near 102.4 km post, a car carrying a driver in his 50s and two family members struck a bear about 1.2 m long that crossed from the left to the right side of the direction of travel. There were no injuries. The bear died on the road after the collision.

Note: Official sources provide information in Japanese only. This description has been machine translated for your convenience.

Bear Type

Black Bear

Number of Bears

1

Provider Type

Official

Date & Time

Thursday, June 5, 2025 at 08:05 PM

Address

Coordinates

37.545352, 140.060364

Sources