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Wild elephant tramples to death four persons near Vellore
Coimbatore, June 2 (IBNS) : A tusker that strayed into the human habitation in search of food trampled to death four people, including a minor girl at Vellalore area on the outskirts of the city early on Friday, media reports said.
The first victim of the wild elephant was a 12-year-old girl, Gayathiri, who was asleep in the veranda of their Srinivas Nagar house which it attacked.
Gayathiri's parents were also severely injured.
The pachyderm then moved away from the area and reached a place about ten km away and attacked three more people, including two women. They died after being taken to a hospital.
Reports quoted forest department officials as saying that efforts were underway to drive away the elephant into the nearby Madukkarai forest from where it reportedly strayed away. Efforts are also being made to tranquilise it.
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