Ochopee, FL : Three good Samaritans were killed and eight other people were injured after car crashed into a black bear on Sunday, December 7th 2014

Three “good Samaritans” were killed and eight other people were injured after a car crashed into a black bear. Three cars were involved in the fatal accident that took place at around 7pm yesterday. The first vehicle hit the bear, then when three “good Samaritans" from a vehicle travelling behind stopped to help, they were hit by another car that may have been traveling in the opposite direction. There are bears all through the Everglades, but this is the first time we've had an accident involving a bear," said Gary Bitner, spokesman for the Seminole Police Department told told the Sun Sentinel. The crash occurred just south of the Big Cypress Community in Florida. Four people were airlifted to hospital, while the rest were transported by ambulance, with injuries ranging from serious to critical. Two people were not injured, including the driver of the vehicle that hit and killed the bear. Bitner could not confirm the names or addresses of any of the 13 people involved in the incident, nor the types of vehicles they were riding in and at what speed. He added that accident reconstruction teams were on location to conduct an investigation. source : Three 'good Samaritans' killed in crash after car hits black bear