“We predicted things like this happening when they shut the bear hunt down,” United Bowhunters of New Jersey president, John Erndl, said to New Jersey 101.5 News. Lafayette Township Schools issued a written warning following the attack, urging the community to take extra caution and be aware of surroundings when outdoors. Neither State Police nor the Department of Environmental Protection confirmed that information. Local residents said to New Jersey 101.5 that it had happened along Statesville Quarry Road, which intersects with Gorney - and that it was a passing motorist who intervened by swerving his van in the bear’s direction. She was treated at a local hospital and released by Thursday afternoon. The woman suffered wounds to her right arm and right side of her body. New Jersey Fish and Wildlife staff have set a trap in the area and the bear will be euthanized if caught, under state policy following such aggressive "Category I" encounters. A neighbor then used his car's horn to scare the bears off, police and the DEP said.
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