Alaska jogger dragged 100 yards by bear in terrifying predawn attack near driveway
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A woman in Alaska experienced a bear attack near her driveway while going for an early morning jog, state officials reported to Fox News Digital.

Ariean Fabrizio Colton, 36, a mother of three, incurred “severe injuries” in the incident and is expected to need “extensive surgeries and a lengthy hospital stay,” according to her family on a fundraising page.

“She had probably gotten about 50 yards from her home,” Alaska Wildlife Trooper David Lorring recounted to KTUU-TV. “The bear emerged from another property, seemingly attacked her, and dragged her roughly 100 yards down the road onto someone else’s property.”

Lorring told the station that one of Colton’s neighbors heard the bear in the predawn hours. 

Ariean Coltomn with her husband

Ariean Fabrizio Colton with her husband.  (GoFundMe)

Colton had left her house for her run and was attacked around 5:45 in the morning, the Alaska Department of Public Safety said in a release. 

Colton was airlifted with substantial injuries to a hospital, as officials noted. The family mentioned that the Coltons reside over two hours away from a hospital.

Grizzly bear in Alaska

A grizzly, a type of brown bear, in Alaska.  ( Juan Giribet/VWPics/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)

Alaska authorities are searching for the bear, believed to be a brown bear, on foot and via drone, but haven’t found it yet. 

Patrols of the area will continue, DPS said. 

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