There have been a number of , but one such sighting took an unfortunate turn for one Sammamish driver yesterday.
A woman crashed her car into a bear at SE 8th Street in Sammamish on Thursday morning, May 24, MyNorthwest.com reported.
"The driver was obviously a bit shaken up, but uninjured. And she saw the bear scoot off into the woods," apparently uninjured, Sammamish Police Sgt. Jessica Sullivan told MyNorthwest.com.
"There was front-end damage to the vehicle, such that it's not drivable," says Sgt. Sullivan.
"We have bear sightings fairly frequently in the city this time of year, but car-versus-bear accidents are a bit more uncommon," says Sgt. Sullivan.
http://sammamish.patch.com/events/5pmfrom-backyards-to-mountain-tops-coexisting-with-carnivores-in-washington is an event at the Sammamish Library where you can learn more about bears and other carnivores that live in our area, and how to coexist with them. On a related note, when you drive in our area, you have to pay attention to the wooded areas alongside our roads, as bears and deer will emerge at anytime. In the past two years, I have had two kamikaze deer test my reflexes, running in front of the car on 212th Way. In both cases, I was lucky that I didn't have the usual tailgater behind me, as I would have been creamed from behind, while missing the deer in front.