Wild elephant kills man in Gudalur forest

A 39-year-old man was killed after crossing the path of a wild elephant near Elumaram village in Gudalur forest range on Wednesday. G. Ramakrishnan, Forest Range Officer, Gudalur, said P. Vijayakumar, an estate worker, was passing through a tea estate on his way back home when he came across a wild elephant, which attacked and killed him. Forest department officials said an interim relief of ₹50,000 was handed over to his family on Friday after the post-mortem. “We believe that the confrontation was accidental and are taking steps to ensure that incidents like this do not recur,” he added.

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Man trampled to death by rampaging elephant while terrified onlookers run for their lives

A man has been killed after a elephant went on a rampage at a temple in India as shocked onlookers could only watch.

A crowd tried to surround the large animal as it started to lose control in the town of Kerala.

Suddenly the elephant broke away and crushed a man underfoot who was unable to move quickly enough.

He is caught by the creature's huge ivory tusk, before being stamped on with its large foot.

People can be seen in the footage fleeing for their lives, while others can be heard screaming at the animal as the man is tossed about on the floor.

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