Angry elephant shatters bus windshield in nailbiting viral video from Tamil Nadu. Watch

The minute-long video taken from inside the bus shows the elephant charging towards the bus and smashing the windshield as the driver tries to reverse the vehicle.

A shocking video of a tusker attacking a government bus in the Nilgiris, Tamil Nadu has gone viral on social media. The video, shared on Twitter by Principal Secretary Environment Climate Change & Forests of Tamil Nadu, Supriya Sahu, shows the horrifying incident where the angry elephant is seen charging towards the bus to smash the windshield. Huge respect for the driver of this Government bus in Nilgiris who kept his cool even under the terrifying hits on the bus from an agitated tusker.He helped passengers move back safely, in an incident today morning. Thats why they say a cool mind works wonders VC- by a friend pic.twitter.com/SGb3yqUWqK Can anyone suggest what one should do in situations like these? Wait till the tusker moves away or honk or try to reverse? Appreciate the presence of mind shown by the driver.. Presence of mind..Drivers need this courage and coolness to handle such situations..Reversing the Bus in a Ghat section when an animal conflict is so risk but still he handled it maturedly.TNSTC can proud of its drivers A question to be raised. Are we doing proper in invading the places/ forests where animals live for which they are compelled to move towards cities in search of food. Need to let the animals live in their zone Brilliantly handled Scary , o my god, horrible

The minute-long video taken from inside the bus shows the elephant charging towards the bus and smashing the windshield as the driver tries to reverse the vehicle. After a few seconds, the driver gets up and keeps the attention of the elephant towards himself as the passengers deboard the bus safely.