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W. Pa. man upset over $100 fee for road-kill bear

UNIONTOWN, Pa.

A western Pennsylvania man is upset that he had to pay $100 to claim the carcass of a bear he killed with his truck — but the Pennsylvania Game Commission routinely charges fees for keeping road-kill animals.

Greg Thompson tells WPXI-TV he recently hit the bear on U.S. Route 119 in South Union Township, Fayette County. He was surprised to learn he’d have to pay $100 to keep the bear, from which he hopes to have a rug made.

But Thompson’s experience isn’t unique, according to state wildlife regulations.

Motorists must pay $10 per point to keep antlers from road-kill deer, $25 to keep a deer cape and $50 for a fox.

Still, Thompson isn’t happy, saying, “I shouldn’t have to pay a hundred bucks. They should have to pay my deductible.”

Kansas man is hit by train, gets up and walks away

TOPEKA, Kan.

Authorities say a Kansas man who was walking along railroad tracks wearing headphones was hit by a train that he didn’t hear approaching behind him — but that he got back up and kept walking.

Shawnee County Sheriff Herman Jones says the BNSF conductor slowed down the train and blew the horn when he saw 25-year-old Kristopher Wenberg on the tracks in Topeka on Thursday.

Wenberg told deputies he couldn’t hear the train, which eventually hit him. Jones says Wenberg promptly got back up and called someone on his cellphone as he walked away. He went to a hospital with cuts on his legs and shoulder.

It is against the law to walk on train tracks, and Wenberg would be cited for criminal trespass.

NW Pa. pizzeria robber hits just after bank drop

ERIE, Pa.

Police say a robber left with no money for his trouble when he arrived at a northwestern Pennsylvania pizzeria just after the crew had made a night bank deposit.

The Erie Times-News reports the man walked into a Papa John’s store in Erie early Thursday wearing a black mask and carrying a revolver.

When an employee told the robber that the deposit already had been made, the suspect ran away.

Nobody was hurt in the incident, which Erie police say is the fifth targeting a business this month — including three aimed at pizzerias.

Associated Press