A tourist was trampled to death by a elephant Saturday in South Africa famous Kruger National Parkconfirmed the South African National Parks Agency (Sanparks).
“Today, a tragic accident occurred when a tourist has been charged and trampled by an elephant Near the Crocodile River in Malelane Gate. This, unfortunately, led to a loss of life, ”shared the organization in a statement on Saturday, shortly after the incident.
A follow -up declaration, shared on Monday, identified the victim Like the 59-year-old South African Shaik Adam Shabir Ammed.
“The initial accounts of eye witnesses indicate that the family parked near the Malelane reception area and that the children passed the brush in the bush, after which an individual elephant of a neighboring herd loaded them. The deceased rushed to help children And it was then that he was continued and trampled on by one of the animals, “said the agency.
“He succumbed to his injuries on the scene.”
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Sanparks added that the elephant responsible for death could not be identified from a larger herd which was present at the time of trampling.
“”[The elephants] He immediately moved away while people were trying to save the life of the deceased, “they wrote, asking people not to publish images of the incident on social networks.
Kruger is the largest game in South African game and has strict rules prohibiting visitors from leaving their vehicles, with the exception of a few picnic and fenced campsites.
Sanparks said they continue to investigate death and asked that the public refrain from speculating what happened until the police disclose their final report.
Last year, three separate tourists were killed in elephant loading incidents in Africa.
One was killed in South Africa last July last July when he left a vehicle to take photos of wild elephants at Pilanesberg National Park and was trampled by the herd.
The other two tourist deaths occurred in Zambia.
In June 2024, the 64 -year -old tourist Juliana Gle Tourneau died when she was trampled by elephants After being taken to a vehicle in the city of Livingstone.
Before that, the 79 -year -old American, Gail Mattson, was killed after an elephant of Taurus accused a safari vehicle in Kafue National Park in western Zambia. The incident was taken on video. The elephant was seen to make a charge towards the vehicle before using its defenses to return the Safari car.
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