A lone wild elephant came across a pickup van coming on the road near the Bannari check post. The driver, who was frightened by the elephant, got out of the van and ran away. The driver of the Eicher van, who was then in the back, screamed and the angry wild elephant tried to push the pickup van down when it heard the loudspeaker noise.
Coimbatore: Several elephant habitats in Tiger Reserve in Sathyamangalam forests in Erode District.
They occasionally leave the forest and stand on the side of the road to feed and also cross the road. Over the past few days, elephants have been camping near the Bannari check post and the Hasanur, Karapakkam check post targeting lorries loading sugarcane from Thalavadi.
A lone wild elephant that had left the Sathyamangalam forest today came across a pickup van coming on the road near the Bannari check post. The driver, who was frightened by the elephant, got out of the van and ran away.
The driver of the Eicher van, who was then in the back, screamed and the angry wild elephant tried to push the pickup van down when it heard the loudspeaker noise.
Seeing this, the drivers of the nearby vehicles started making noise and the angry elephant crossed the road. After that the vehicles started moving on the road. There was a commotion for a while by a lone wild elephant that was standing in the way of the vehicles and causing a commotion.
They occasionally leave the forest and stand on the side of the road to feed and also cross the road. Over the past few days, elephants have been camping near the Bannari check post and the Hasanur, Karapakkam check post targeting lorries loading sugarcane from Thalavadi.
A lone wild elephant that had left the Sathyamangalam forest today came across a pickup van coming on the road near the Bannari check post. The driver, who was frightened by the elephant, got out of the van and ran away.
The driver of the Eicher van, who was then in the back, screamed and the angry wild elephant tried to push the pickup van down when it heard the loudspeaker noise.
Seeing this, the drivers of the nearby vehicles started making noise and the angry elephant crossed the road. After that the vehicles started moving on the road. There was a commotion for a while by a lone wild elephant that was standing in the way of the vehicles and causing a commotion.