Dead Bear Found Alongside Roadway Near Grand Haven By Gary Stevens
May 5, 2021 3:49 PM
GRAND HAVEN TWP., MI (WHTC-AM/FM) – It was not a common call for handling a dead animal along the side of a roadway for Ottawa County Sheriff’s deputies late on Tuesday (May 4, 2021) night.
According to Sergeant Mike VanDenBosch, the call just before 11:30 PM came from Mercury Drive just west of 144
th Avenue, near the Odawa/Battle Boat Launch. “The caller in this incident reported a bear lying near the edge of the roadway and believed it may have been struck by a vehicle that was no longer in the area,” VanDenBosch said in a department statement. “Deputies … confirmed that the bear was deceased and appeared to have a head injury. They they issued a DNR kill tag permit to a second, uninvolved motorist, who took possession of the bear.”
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