Chinese tourist seriously injured by elephant after getting out of car in middle of nature reserve
- Woman was charged by wild animal in Yunnan after family stopped to let their daughter take a comfort break.
A female tourist has been seriously injured by a wild elephant after getting out of her vehicle in a national nature reserve in southern China earlier this week.
The woman, identified only by her surname Ye, was travelling with her family and stopped to let her daughter urinate beside a public road in Xishuangbanna prefecture, Yunnan province, Beijing Youth Daily reported.
The family were on their way to the Wild Elephant Valley theme park and could not find a public lavatory, according to local police, so Ye’s husband, Li, stopped the car by the side of the road.
Ye took the girl to the roadside bushes while Li waited beside the car.
When the elephant appeared from the forest and headed towards the pair, the girl’s grandparents, who were travelling in the car with the family, shouted at them to warn them.
The elephant appeared to have been startled by the family’s appearance and rushed at Ye while Li raced to carry the girl back to the car.