Minnesota resident Gail Mattson, 79, died in the attack while travelling with five other tourists on a game drive in the Kafue National Park on Saturday.
One more person was seriously injured in the attack.
'To be honest, I don’t know if she’d slow down or not. But at least you wouldn’t be traveling as far, probably.' Horrifying footage captured the moment the massive elephant charged at the vehicle the tourists were traveling on. The tourists can be heard panicking and screaming while they continue to film the the deadly encounter as the elephant hooks his three-foot tusks under the bodywork of the truck and flips it onto its side before the recording cuts out.
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