Tuesday, October 14, 2008
Man trampled, elephant electrocuted
ROURKELA: [A] pachyderm ... came in contact with a low-lying overhead 11 KV line while roaming outside the village on Sunday night. On hearing its screams, villagers gathered but found that the tusker had already died ... In another incident, a 55-year-old man, Ray Gadia Munda was trampled to death by a wild elephant at Bambundia village under Sundergarh Sadar police limit, about 140 km from here last night. Police said while Munda died on the spot, his nephew escaped unhurt.
Labels: elephants amok
// posted by Erik @ 10/14/2008 06:51:00 PM
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