4 Trampled To Death By Elephants In Tamil Nadu

Coimbatore: Four persons, including a minor girl, were trampled to death and two others injured by an elephant at Vellalore area in Tamil Nadu on Friday.

The victim, 12-year-old girl was sleeping in front of her house when the elephant, which strayed into human habitations some days ago from nearby Madukkarai forests trampled her to death around 3.30 am. The pachyderm then moved away from the area and attacked and grievously injured three more persons, including two women.

The injured were rushed to a hospital where the doctors declared them brought dead.

Forest officials said that they are taking efforts to drive away the elephant into the forest by bringing tamed elephants. They also urged people to stay in their homes until the scene got settled.