5 July 2019



Kozhikode: The forest road from Sultan Bathery to Pulpally, where the viral video of a tiger chasing a motorcycle was shot last Saturday, has witnessed two more incidents of motorists having run-ins with wildlife.

A KSRTC bus from Perikalloor to Kozhikode was attacked by a wild elephant on the road just one km away from Vattapadi, the location of tiger chase, on Wednesday morning. The tusker tore the front grill of the bus and damaged the vehicle’s air cooler. The driver had stopped the bus on seeing the elephant on the road, according to officials. But the tusker charged at the vehicle twice and it retreated only after panicked passengers raised noise from inside the bus.

The bus was later brought to the Sulthan Bathery depot and the passengers were shifted to another bus to continue their journey.

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