Photographer Trampled to Death by Angry Elephant on Safari
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8 people have been trampled to death by elephants in 10 days in the West Bengal state of India, and the latest victim was 35-year-old photographer, Asish Shit.
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Shit, who was photographing a wild herd of 12 elephants in the forests around the Atadihi area of Sankrail, got too close to one of the elephants when the elephant broke off from the herd to charge Shit.
The photographer was rushed to the nearest hospital, but it was too late. Doctors at the Bhangagarh hospital "declared him dead on arrival," according to Arup Mukherjee, the divisional forest officer.
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Via the Daily Mail