2 grizzly bears captured after attack that left 2 in critical condition, 2 others seriously injured

Conservation officers in Bella Coola, British Columbia, have captured two grizzly bears days after a school field trip turned tragic when a grizzly bear attacked and left two people critically injured and two more with serious injuries.

The attack occurred Thursday afternoon in Bella Coola, B.C. A grizzly bear emerged from the forest and attacked approximately 20 people from Acwsalcta School, an independent institution operated by the Nuxalk Nation.

The school group had stopped for lunch along a trail called "Old Trail" near Highway 20 on the province's Central Coast, according to the B.C. Conservation Officer Service.

B.C. Columbia Emergency Health Services received a call at 1:46 p.m.

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