Occupants of a car who were on pilgrimage to Kukke Subrahmanya escaped death by a whisker when a wild elephant trampled their vehicle in Kadaba police limits on Saturday morning. Girish from Kadur in Chikkamagaluru district was driving the car towards Kukke Subrahmanya on the Uppinangady-Subrahmanya State Highway after the occupants visited Dharmasthala.
When the car reached CPCRI Research Centre and International Coconut Gene Bank for South Asia premises at Kidu, Bilinele, the driver suddenly spotted the wild elephant on the road and immediately brought the vehicle to a halt. The elephant, which was crossing the road, stopped midway and charged towards the vehicle.
Even as the elephant was attacking the car, sending shock waves among the eight occupants, it was frightened by the honking of a KSRTC bus arriving on the same stretch.
It left the car and disappeared into the forest, the driver told the police.
No injuries
While the car has been completely damaged, the occupants escaped with minor injuries.
No police complaint was filed, police said.
