Mossel Bay Advertiser reports that a 39-year-old Gondwana Private Game Reserve employee was trampled to death by an elephant on Tuesday morning.

The reserve is just outside Mossel Bay. KwaNonqaba police station spokesperson Warrant Officer Kappie Kapp said preliminary reports from witnesses at the scene indicated that the employee was on the grounds at about 08:00 in the morning when he was trampled and mauled by the elephant. Kapp said emergency medical services declared the man dead on the scene. The elephant has been moved from the area where the incident took place. Kapp advised that an inquest docket had been opened and the investigation was ongoing. This was not the first incident at the reserve. A 36-year old field guide was also charged and trampled by an elephant in March last year. David Kandela had reportedly been trying to chase a herd of elephants away from a restaurant when he was trampled.

• Read the full original of the report in the above regard at Mossel Bay Advertiser
• Lees ook, Tweede werker by Mosselbaaise reservaat deur olifant vertrap, by Maroela Media

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