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Black bear found dead along Grand Haven area road
Updated 9:08 PM;
Today 9:06 PM
A black bear was found dead along Mercury Drive in Grand Haven Township and may have been struck by a vehicle, police say
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Police received a call about 11:30 p.m. Tuesday, May 4 about the dead bear.
The caller found the bear in the 14000 block of Mercury Drive in Grand Haven Township and thought it was likely struck by a vehicle.
Ottawa County sheriff’s deputies arrived and determined the bear had a head injury.
Deputies issued a state Department of Natural Resources “kill tag permit” to a different uninvolved motorist who took the bear.
Police: Bear in Grand Haven Twp. was possibly killed by vehicle
Sentinel Staff
GRAND HAVEN TWP. Police responded to call late Tuesday evening reporting a deceased bear on near the roadway on the 14000 block of Mercury Drive in Grand Haven Township.
According to the Ottawa County Sheriff s Office, authorities arrived at the scene around 11:30 p.m. May 4. The caller informed officers they believed a vehicle struck the bear, but the vehicle did not remain at the scene.
Deputies arrived on scene and confirmed the bear was deceased and appeared to have a head injury. Deputies issued a DNR kill tag permit to a second, uninvolved motorist, who took possession of the bear.
The Ottawa County Sheriff's Office and Michigan Department of Natural Resources are looking into what killed a black bear in Grand Haven Township on April 4, 2021.
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.”