Cyclist Barely Survives Close Encounter in Montana

The message about safe navigation of our streets and highways apparently isn't reaching everyone it should. ;-D

So there's this teacher, see, he gets all bruised and scratched after he struck a bear while riding his bicycle to school, see, and one has to wonder how in the hell did THIS happen?

Was the bear at an intersection, and the cyclist ran the light as Smokey was crossing thru the crosswalk?

Was Smokey Jaywalking?

According to the story, in The Missoulian, it was apparently the second:

Jim Litz said he was traveling about 25 mph Monday morning when he came upon a rise and spotted a black bear about 10 feet in front of him. He didn't have time to stop and T-boned the bruin.

He tumbled over the handlebars, his helmet hit the bear's back and the two went cartwheeling down the road.

The bear rolled over Litz's head, cracking his helmet, and scratched his back before scampering up a hill above the road.

Teacher OK after crashing into bear on a bicycle.