Runaway elephant dies hit by a bus
Published 23 September, 2008, 18:49
A young female elephant broke through the circus gates and ran onto a busy highway not far from Mexico City’s Teotihuacán pyramids and was fatally hit by a bus. The driver of the bus also died following the crash, some passengers were also injured.
Police said the bus had no chance of avoiding the elephant.
According to a circus worker, the 5-tonne animal had never shown signs of hostile behaviour before, but managed to escape, while untied for feeding in the early hours of Tuesday.
The elephant, named Hilda was 40.
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