A Spanish tourist has been trampled to death by elephants after climbing out of his car to take photos of the herd at a game reserve in South Africa.
The unnamed 43-year-old man was visiting Pilanesberg National Park with his fiancee and two other people when the attack happened.
The group had been driving around in their own vehicle before spotting three elephants with three calves, officers said.
Once the man got out of the car and walked towards the herd, the matriarch became “agitated” and charged at him, said Pieter Nel, a spokesman for the local tourism board.
Unable to escape, the man was then trampled on by the rest of the herd.
Local media report that the man was taken to hospital but died of his injuries.
The group of people he was visiting the park with – all residents of Johannesburg – were unharmed
The force says an investigation is now under way.
Earlier this year, an 80-year-old woman from the US was killed by an elephant that charged at her safari vehicle in Zambia.
In 2019, a suspected rhino poacher was trampled on by an elephant then eaten by a pride of lions in South Africa’s Kruger National Park.
Elephants Trample On Spanish Tourist In S Africa
