Authorities say a bear cub connected to the mauling of a central Florida woman was struck and killed by a car.
Wildlife officials had been looking for the 65-pound female cub to reunite it with its mother, which was positively identified through DNA as the bear that mauled Susan Chalfant in Longwood on Dec. 2.
The bear was not euthanized because it was captured with two cubs. The bears are being cared for at Busch Gardens in Tampa. The cubs are expected to be released back into the wild in the spring, while their mother will be moved to another facility.
The third cub died Saturday in Longwood.
Two other bears were euthanized after being captured in the days after Chalfant's attack on suspicions that they may have been responsible.
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