Bear Attacks, Injures Porter Township Teen
PORTER TOWNSHIP – A Porter Township teenager was badly injured when attacked by a black bear while hunting deer on the family farm along the Jacksonville Road.
The victim was 18-year-old Camille Marie Bomboy. She was treated initially at the Lock Haven Hospital, then transported to Geisinger Medical Center in Danville.
The incident occurred at 4 p.m. Monday at 7786 Jacksonville Road, Mill Hall.
State police said Bomboy was hunting deer, engaged in the act of a deer “drive,” part of a large hunting party.
Police said she observed three black bear cubs run past her during the drive and turned around to see a large bear charging her.
According to the police report, the bear knocked her to the ground and began to bite her. Her step-father, Mike Courter was nearby, witnessed the attack and was able to scare the bear off the victim, police said. The bear at that point ran off.
Police said Bomboy suffered multiple deep tissue bites to her arms and shoulders and a deep head laceration.
Pennsylvania Game Commission officials are now handling the investigation.
There was no preliminary word on the victim’s condition.
