Alaska state troopers say the bear and two cubs have been killed

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Authorities say an Oklahoma man was fatally mauled by a bear and two cubs near a south-east Alaska mine.

Alaska state troopers identified the victim as 18-year-old Anthony David Montoya of Hollis, Oklahoma.

Troopers say all three bears were killed. Montoya’s body is being sent to the state medical examiner’s office for an autopsy.

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Montoya was a contract employee for Hecla Greens Creek mine. The mine reported that the incident on Monday occurred at a remote drill site accessible only by helicopter.

The incident occurred near the silver mine on Admiralty Island about 18 miles south-west of Juneau.

Mike Satre, manager of government and community relations with the mine, says that before Monday, there had not been an injury of any kind related to a bear reported by the mine.

He said there were many bears on Admiralty Island, and employees and contractors received training specific to bears.