Elephant damages two vehicles in China

Beijing Dec 11 (IANS) A wild Asian elephant turned a highway in China s Yunnan province into its playground damaging a mini bus and a sedan.

According to officials in Menghai County the adult elephant walked near the parked mini bus at around 6 p.m. on Saturday and began hitting the windshield with its head. It then scratched itself against the bus not stopping until 8.30 p.m. Xinhua news agency reported.

There were no passengers in the vehicle. The driver was not injured and was taken away after the elephant left.

A sedan drove by at about 6.20 p.m. Seeing the elephant and the mini bus the driver turned back immediately and fled for about a kilometre before pulling over and leaving on foot.

When the driver came back on Sunday morning the parked sedan had already been thrown down a slope by the elephant.

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