TimesLive reports that a female SANParks employee was trampled to death by an elephant in the Kruger National Park on Thursday.  

SANParks spokesperson William Mabasa said another woman had also been injured when a group of employees were attacked by a herd of elephant.  The incident happened in the Mooiplaas section of the park near Mopani Camp.  Police and paramedics were called to the scene, but they could not save the life of the one employee who had already died.  The injured employee was rushed to a hospital in Tzaneen.  The circumstances are still being investigated in order to establish what happened.

• Read this report by Jeff Wicks in full at TimesLive

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