A French tourist was trampled to death by a wild elephant while trekking in southern India on Friday, a forest official said, according to Reuters.
Del Yotel Annie, a retired teacher from Neuilly Sir Marne, was taking pictures of a herd of wild elephants at Bokkapuram, adjacent to the Mudumalai Tiger Reserve in Udhagamandalam, about 500 km from Chennai, when a jumbo and a calf charged her.
Her son, Fredrick Jean Lue, was injured and has been admitted in a local hospital, the official said.
"Tourists are unaware that wild elephants are possessive about their calves and should be left alone," said Rajiv Srivastava, field director of Mudumalai Tiger Reserve.
Forest offcials would give strict instructions to jungle lodges and resorts to caution tourists, he said.
Wild elephant kills French tourist in south India
A French tourist was trampled to death by a wild elephant while trekking in southern India on Friday, a forest official said.
