An elephant trampled a tourist on Saturday at the famous Kuger National Park in South Africa, confirmed the National Parks Agency of South Africa (Sanparks).
“Today there was a tragic accident when a tourist was accused and trampled by an elephant Near the Crocodile River in Malelane Gate. This, unfortunately, resulted in the loss of lives, ”the organization shared in a statement on Saturday, shortly after the incident occurred.
A follow -up statement, shared on Monday, identified the victim As Shaik Shaik Shaik Adam Shabir, 59.
“The initial accounts of eyewitnesses indicate that the family parked near the Malelane reception area and the children ran through the bridge to the mountain, with which an individual elephant of a near herd accused them. The deceased He hastened to help the children And that was when he was persecuted and trampled by one of the animals, ”said the agency.
“He succumbed to his wounds on the scene.”
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Sanparks added that the elephant responsible for death could not identify a larger flock that was present at the time of trampling.
“(The elephants) moved immediately while people tried to save the lives of the deceased,” they wrote, asking people not to publish images of the incident on social networks.
Kruger is the largest game park in South Africa, and has strict rules that prohibit visitors to leave their vehicles, except for some picnic areas and surrounded camps.
Sanparks said they continue to investigate death and requested that the public refrain from speculating about what happened until the police publish their final report.
Last year, three separate tourists were killed in incidents of elephant loading in Africa.
One was killed in South Africa last July when he supposedly left a vehicle to take photos of wild elephants in the Pilanesberg National Park and was trampled by the flock.
The other tourist deaths occurred in Zambia.
In June 2024, the 64 -year -old tourist Juliana Gle Tourneau died when she was trampled by elephants After it was beaten from a vehicle in the city of Livingstone.
Before that, the American Gail Mattson, 79, was killed after a bull elephant accused a safari vehicle in Kafue National Park in western Zambia. The incident was captured in video. He saw the elephant making a load to the vehicle before using his fangs to turn the safari car.
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