Bear shot dead in US hospital

An adult black bear was shot dead after it wandered into a Virginia hospital.

The 300lb male bear was first spotted walking along a street in Rocky Mount on Tuesday night, authorities said.

When the bear wandered in front of the nearby Carilion Franklin Memorial Hospital, it activated a sensor that opened the hospital’s doors.

The bear walked into a computer room and two police officers shut the door behind the animal, said Lt Karl Martin of the Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries.

Officers planned to sedate the bear, but they were worried what might happen if it got loose in the hospital, so an officer shot the animal.