Officials to provide update after grizzly bear attacks elementary school group on B.C.'s Central Coast

As far as we know, the bear hasn’t been captured yet.

Conservation officers worked overnight to try to locate the grizzly, but were not able to find it, the BCCOS said.

Efforts to capture and assess the bear were set to resume today.

What we know about the attack

A grizzly bear attack involving students in Bella Coola on British Columbia’s Central Coast has left two people critically injured and two others seriously hurt, according to emergency officials.

The attack happened Thursday afternoon in Bella Coola on B.C.’s Central Coast.

B.C. Emergency Health Services (BCEHS) said it received a call about an “animal attack” on a trail at 1:46 p.m. PT.

A statement posted to the B.C. Conservation Officer Service's (BCCOS) Facebook page said those injured were three children and one adult.

BCCOS said the victims were part of a group of students and teachers who were having lunch along a trail when a grizzly emerged from the forest and attacked them.

“Multiple teachers physically intervened, using bear spray and a bear banger, to drive the bear away,” the statement said.

Officials are set to give an update on the grizzly bear attack

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We’re expecting to get more details this afternoon on Thursday’s grizzly bear attack that left two people critically injured and two others seriously hurt in B.C.

Tamara Davidson, minister of environment and parks, and Kevin Van Damme of the B.C. Conservation Officer Service are set to speak to reporters at around 2 p.m. PT.

We’ll be carrying a livestream of the news conference at the top of this page.