An elephant that attacked a car in South Africa last month has been put down, and the passenger who was injured has been released from the hospital.
Sarah Brooks, a teacher from Lincolnshire, England, and her fiancé were going through Kruger National Park and driving behind the elephant on Dec. 30 when they were attacked, Gawker reported via BBC News.
The elephant turned to the car, reportedly flipping the vehicle three times and pushing it more than 130 feet, according to the New York Post.
The car was then "trampled," William Mabasa, general manager at the park, described to BBC. Two similar incidents have occurred in the last four years, he said.
"Of course they were totally frightened but also thankful that they were alive," Mabasa said of the couple. "The car is a wreck, if I may put it that way. I mean it was completely flattened but fortunately the elephant concentrated on the back of the car, that's why we still have our guests alive now as I speak."
The elephant gored Brooks through the thigh, and she and her partner were briefly hospitalized.
According to Mabasa, the elephant had to be killed because the park officials couldn't understand its behavior. It turned out that the animal had been "on musth," which is when testosterone levels rise in male elephants, causing them to become more aggressive.
This particular elephant also had a wound that suggested it may have been fighting other elephants.
"It could have engaged in a fight with other bulls where it was eventually expelled, and when an elephant is in that state it will be very aggressive and I think that's the reason why we had a case like this one," Mabasa told BBC.
The incident was captured on video by tourists in the next car.
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