Caxton News Service reports that SANParks is investigating the elephant attack last week in which an employee was killed and another injured, while an inquest into the incident has been opened.
A female employee of SANParks, based in the Kruger National Park (KNP), was trampled to death by an elephant, and another sustained serious injuries when they were attacked by a herd of elephants late on Thursday afternoon in the Mooiplaas section of the park, near Mopani Camp. Apparently three elephants chased two women and a man, during which one woman in her forties was killed. The other woman was injured and was subsequently taken to hospital, while the man escaped unharmed. Lieutenant-Colonel Moatshe Ngoepe, from Phalaborwa police, said it appeared the group of three had wandered off without authorisation and were on their own to harvest mopane worms. William Mabasa, acting head of communications of SANParks, said that at this point it was unclear what the group was working on in the veld.
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