Woman injured in bear attack

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By Meg Stewart

Summary

A woman is attacked by a bear in the Walker Basin area between Tehachapi and Lake Isabella. It happened Tuesday morning around 10 a.m.

Story Created: Jul 22, 2008 at 11:18 AM PDT

Story Updated: Nov 20, 2008 at 11:31 PM PDT

Woman injured in bear attack
An investigation is underway into an bear attack in the Walker Basin area Tuesday morning. The attack happened around 10 a.m.

The victim is 57 year-old Allena Hansen of Twin Oaks. She was walking her two dogs in the Walker Basin area when she was attacked by a bear.

One of her dogs was killed; the other was able to escape. Hansen received cuts to her head and face, but was able to walk back to her car and drive nearly four miles to the Kern County Fire Station in Piute.

The fire crew tended to Hansen's injuries, and she was airlifted to University of California, Los Angeles Medical Center.

Walker Basin is between Tehachapi and Lake Isabella. This is also the same area where the Piute Fire has been burning for the past few weeks. Officials had warned for people to be on the lookout for bears because of the wildfire.

Initial reports suggested the bear had been caught, but Eyewitness News has learned that is not the case.

29 Eyewitness News reporter Carol Ferguson is up in the Walker Basin area. She will have a full report coming up at 5 & 6.