SNOQUALMIE, Wash. — One man was killed and another injured Saturday when a
mountain lion attacked them as they were riding mountain bikes in remote woods northeast of here, law enforcement said.
A 31-year-old man, whose name was not released, was airlifted to a Seattle hospital about 30 miles to the west with unspecified injuries, said Sgt. Ryan Abbott, a King County Sheriff’s spokesman.
The injured man initially was listed in serious condition but was upgraded later to satisfactory condition, Harborview Medical Center said in a statement. He was alert and talking when he arrived.
He had called 911 shortly before 11 a.m. PT, shouting, “Can you hear me? Help!” and then hung up,
KIRO-TV, Seattle reported.
The second man, whose name also was withheld pending notification of kin, fled into the woods with the big cat chasing after him. He later was found dead with the animal standing over his body.