• Source:JND

In a disturbing incident, a wild elephant crashed into a school teacher riding her scooter in Uttarakhand's Khatima region, injuring both the woman and the elephant, whose tusks reportedly shattered in three parts.

The collision occurred in Khatima of Uttarakhand, where the rider of the scooter, a teacher, was travelling to the area when a young wild elephant sprang from nowhere across the forest highway. It has also been said that the young elephant’s ivory broke into pieces in the rare crash.

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The incident has been witnessed in the Chakarpur-Banbasa area of Udham Singh Nagar, Uttarakhand. This area, as is known, is the highway route used extensively by wild elephants to commute between territories. This is also why this is known as a vibrant elephant corridor.

It was reported that the rider of the scooter, Nikita Kapri, a private school teacher, was on her way to Khatima when a young elephant appeared suddenly from the dense forest and decided to cross the highway. The inevitable collision followed instantly.

The impact crushed the front of the scooter, severely injured the elephant, and it was also reported that the elephant’s tusk snapped into three pieces and was strewn all over the highway.

Witnesses said the elephant was initially bewildered by the sudden accident but soon went back into the forest, while other citizens helped the injured teacher to safety from the wreckage of the scooter. 

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The officials retrieved the three tusk fragments from the highway and took them with them to the range office to keep for further investigation. This latest incident of a wildlife encounter between the people and animals clearly indicates how hazardous travelling through these corridors has become.


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