Six tourists were on a game drive in the Kafue National Park when the angry fully-grown male ran flat out to catch up with the vehicle - before the driver abruptly stopped.
This is the horrifying moment a crazed bull elephant attacked tourists on safari in Zambia, leaving an American woman dead, after chasing a safari truck for more than half a mile through a national park.
The game ranger suddenly stops the vehicle before the elephant swings right and attacks the safari truck. The driver calls out 'hey hey hey hey hey' loudly when he realises it is not a mock charge and the five ton elephant standing 10 foot tall is intent on a deadly attack. On Monday, a 53-year-old man was reported to have died after being attacked by a wild elephant while trying to chase it away from his home in Kerala, India.
The loss of elephant habitats is often cited as a key reason why the animals can become quickly enraged before lashing out at people and properties.Safari forums are alive with comments and say they cannot understand why the vehicle stopped although one commentator suggests that perhaps the driver simply ran out of road.
'Our guides are all extremely well trained and experienced but sadly the terrain and vegetation was such that the guide's route became blocked.
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