Driver dies in crash with wild elephant in Thailand’s national park

BANGKOK (Bernama) – A motorist was killed when his pick-up truck crashed into one of two wild elephants on a dark forest road in northeastern Thailand, reports said yesterday.

According to reports, the speeding driver’s vehicle was hit by the pachyderm in Khao Yai National Park in northeastern Thailand’s Nakhon Ratchasima Province on Wednesday evening.

Xinhua news agency reported the 59-year-old driver was killed on the spot. Rescuers used an iron cutter to extricate the body from the badly-wrecked vehicle. Witnesses said two elephants were crossing the road when the accident occurred.

They waved at the driver to warn him to keep away from the animals but it was too dark for him to notice the witnesses.

Officials from the national park and police tracked down the elephant involved in the crash and found it had sustained injuries on the legs.

They kept a close watch on the elephant overnight.

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