London: In a horrifying tragedy, an 80-year-old American woman was killed after an aggressive bull elephant charged at a safari vehicle at Kafue National Park in the African country of Zambia.
A spine-chilling video has gone viral showing a massive elephant rushing towards a safari vehicle in Zambia. The 5-tonne bull elephant is seen flipping the vehicle over, which resulted in the death of an 80-year-old American woman. Five other tourists suffered injuries, reported the Daily Mail.
The elephant, reportedly separated from its herd, chased the safari truck for around half a mile before catching up with the tourists’ vehicle and attacking it with tremendous ferocity.
Other tourists can be heard panicking and screaming as some of them continued to record the encounter.
Watch the video which went viral on social media:
One international client killed by elephant in Kafue National Park from lufupa Lodge during Safari. Two injured and being evacuated to Lusaka. Full details being awaited from the operator through the Senior Warden Kafue Region. Very unfortunate indeed. pic.twitter.com/4ntbyhec1G
— Gina (@ginnydmm) April 2, 2024
The deceased woman was among six tourists with the group Wilderness Zambia, but er identity is yet to be ascertained. The group was out on a photography tour when the attack took place on March 31.
“At around 9.30 am on Sunday morning the six guests were on the game drive when the vehicle was unexpectedly charged by the bull elephant,” Wilderness Zambia CEO Keith Vincent said in a statement, according to New York Post.
“Our guides are all extremely well-trained and experienced, but sadly in this instance the terrain and vegetation was such that the guide’s route became blocked and he could not move the vehicle out of harm’s way quickly enough,” Vincent said.
The Kafue National Park management sent a helicopter to evacuate the victims.
