Man trampled to death by wild elephant near Coimbatore

A 44-year-old tribesman was trampled to decease by a chaotic elephant adjacent Karamadai successful Coimbatore territory aboriginal connected Tuesday. The deceased has been identified arsenic R. Sivakumar, a nonmigratory of Baralikadu tribal colony adjacent Pilloor.

Forest Department officials said Sivakumar had an accidental brushwood with a chaotic elephant that entered the tribal colony successful the aboriginal hours of Tuesday. The elephant trampled him, and helium died astir 1.30 a.m.

Field unit of the Department rushed to the spot, which falls under Pilloor wood bushed of Karamadai range, aft being alerted astir the incident. They successful crook alerted 108 ambulance services and the Karamadai police. The assemblage was shifted to the Government Hospital, Mettupalayam., for post-mortem

The Department deployed frontline unit to show the question of the elephant further.