A Virginia man has died after being attacked by a bear shot from a tree by one of his hunting partners, state wildlife officials said.
The incident occurred on December 9th in Lunenburg County, Virginia, according to a statement from the Virginia Department of Wildlife Resources.
A hunting group was tracking the bear as it ran up a tree.
As the group began to retreat from the tree, one of the hunters shot the bear, which fell onto another hunter who was standing about 10 feet from the base of the tree.
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The incident occurred on December 9th in Lunenburg County, Virginia. (St. Petersburg)
Mr Harvey was taken to two different hospitals after a member of the group administered first aid.
However, the victim, identified as Lester C. Harvey, 58, of Phoenix, Virginia, died of his injuries Friday, wildlife officials said.
According to Harvey's obituary, he is survived by his wife, five children and eight grandchildren. He was a self-employed contractor and an avid outdoorsman.
The victim was identified as Lester C. Harvey, 58, of Phoenix, Virginia. (St. Petersburg)
Other similar incidents have occurred in the United States in recent years.
In 2018, an Alaskan man's hunting partner shot a bear on a ridge, the bear fell down the slope onto him, and he was seriously injured by a rock thrown by the bear.
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A black bear was spotted along the Blue Ridge Parkway near Craggy Mountain near Asheville, North Carolina, on October 6, 2015. (George Rose/Getty Images)
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The following year, another North Carolina man shot and injured a bear in his hunting partner's tree. The animal fell from the tree and began biting the victim. The man and the bear then fell off a cliff.
The victim in North Carolina was taken to the hospital for his injuries, and the bear was later found dead.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
