Yuliya Talmazan is a reporter for NBC News Digital, based in London.
A charging elephant killed an American woman when it flipped over the car she was traveling in at a national park in Zambia. The “aggressive” creature buffeted the vehicle carrying six tourists and a guide, tour operator Wilderness said in a statement Tuesday. It added that the 80-year-old victim died after Saturday's incident on a game drive at the Kafue National Park in western Zambia.
” 'Sadly in this instance the terrain and vegetation was such that the guide’s route became blocked and he could not move the vehicle out of harm’s way quickly enough,” he added. The company did not name the victim but Rona Wells, her daughter, identified her as Gail Mattson in a post on Facebook. She said her mother died in a “tragic accident while on her dream adventure.” NBC News has reached out to the family for further comment.
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