This is the terrifying moment an elephant broke free from its chains, threw a car onto the road and killed a man.<\/p>\n
The footage shows the huge animal using its trunk to overturn a car and then sink its teeth into the exterior.<\/p>\n
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\t\t\t\t\t\t\tsign up for Sun<\/span> Newsletter\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t\tThank you!\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n It overturned a scooter and crashed into the wall of a nearby house and continued causing havoc for two hours. Police<\/span> And the local people tried to calm it down.<\/p>\n The massacre took place on Friday in Angamaly area of \u200b\u200bKerala.<\/p>\n The elephant was taken to the Kidangoor Mahavishnu Hindu Temple for blessings during a festival.<\/p>\n Shortly after arrival, he broke free from his chains and went on a rampage, forcing police, wildlife officials and an elephant squad to intervene.<\/p>\n the border that cuts<\/p>\n Plan to fill rivers with crocodiles to stop migrants in India<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n hotel tragedy<\/p>\n British engineer found dead in India hotel while working on cricket coverage<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n The animal was eventually subdued with a tranquilizer. dart<\/span> And was secured on a coconut tree near the temple.<\/p>\n Its victim has been identified as 40-year-old Vishnu, a native of Kollam city, who had taken the animal to the temple.<\/p>\n While he was trying to take a photo of an injury to his tusk to share with his owner, he was crushed to death when the elephant became frightened.<\/p>\n The animal remained near Vishnu’s body for a long time, threatening anyone who tried to come close, preventing him from receiving any medical attention.<\/p>\n Another person was also injured in the massacre \u2013 a man named Pradeep, who is now undergoing treatment in hospital.<\/p>\n A similar incident took place at the Koodalmanikyam temple in Irinjalakuda town in Kerala during festival-related activities on the same day.<\/p>\n A 25-year-old assistant operator named Srikuttan was crushed to death by his elephant.<\/p>\n He suffered severe chest pain, while the head handler was injured and is now undergoing treatment.<\/p>\n The same elephant had become aggressive during a procession a day earlier and attacked two people.<\/p>\n While the animal was restrained at the Devaswom complex, it broke into a temporary shed and attacked its handlers.<\/p>\n Sreekuttan died on the way to hospital due to the severity of his wounds.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" This is the terrifying moment an elephant broke free from its chains, threw a car onto the road and killed a man. The footage shows the huge animal using its trunk to overturn a car and then sink its teeth into the exterior. sign up for Sun Newsletter Thank you! Elephant overturns a car with<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":115463,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[56],"tags":[21718,2040,5104,4308,303,9459,1791,709,682,988],"class_list":{"0":"post-115462","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-bible-news","8":"tag-40yearold","9":"tag-breaking","10":"tag-chains","11":"tag-elephant","12":"tag-free","13":"tag-horrifying","14":"tag-huge","15":"tag-killed","16":"tag-man","17":"tag-moment"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/christiancorner.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/115462","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/christiancorner.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/christiancorner.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/christiancorner.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/christiancorner.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=115462"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/christiancorner.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/115462\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":115464,"href":"https:\/\/christiancorner.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/115462\/revisions\/115464"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/christiancorner.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/115463"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/christiancorner.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=115462"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/christiancorner.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=115462"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/christiancorner.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=115462"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}\n
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