Wild jumbo in TN’s Pollachi pushes car into bushes with man trapped inside | Video
India Today
A wild elephant in Tamil Nadu’s Pollachi created fear and chaos by pushing a car off the road into the bushes on Sunday. Luckily, forest officials were nearby and they successfully pushed the tusker back into the forest area.
A wild elephant in Tamil Nadu’s Coimbatore district wreaked havoc by pushing a car into the bushes off the road with a man still trapped inside.
Saravanan (49), residing at EB Quarters in Pollachi in Coimbatore district, works as an ambulance driver. On Sunday, he was travelling with relatives in two cars through the Anamalai Tiger Reserve.
While the group was travelling through the Navamalai region, a wild tusker ambushed them out of the thick bushes. The group tried to reverse the cars, but the tusker blocked the first car, and within seconds, pushed it out of the road into the forest.
Forest officials who were luckily in the vicinity came to Saravanan’s rescue and were able to successfully push the tusker back into the deep forest area.
They then rescued Saravanan from the car, who escaped with mere bruises but was shell shocked as the tusker brutally attacked his car, which was also recorded on the phone camera by one of the forest guards.
Officials stated that a warning about wild tuskers roaming near the roadside was issued to the public, restricting them from entering the area from 5pm to 10am.
