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KANNAPOLIS, NC (FOX 46) - A bear was hit and killed by a vehicle along Interstate-85 northbound in Kannapolis - and now an autopsy is underway.
We're told the 2-year-old female bear was hit sometime Thursday morning around Exit 60.
Wildlife officers were called to pick up the bear.
*Photos courtesy of Braden Cook and Kenneth Thompson
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