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Park worker killed by injured wild elephant

Park worker killed by injured wild elephant

Kui Buri team was preparing to bring animal for treatment when attack occurred

Kui Buri National Park workers carry the body of a 55-year-old colleague from a forest following an elephant attack in the park in Prachuap Khiri Khan on Friday. (Photo by Chaiwat Satyaem)

PRACHUAP KHIRI KHAN: A Kui Buri National Park worker was killed by an injured wild elephant that charged a team sent to monitor its condition in a forest in Pran Buri district on Friday afternoon.

The park staff all ran for safety when the bull elephant ran towards them at around 3pm. They became separated but later contacted one another via two-way radios and agree to meet on a nearby road in tambon Khao Chao.

All except Boonchu Totem, 55, arrived…

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