Tourist trampled to death by an elephant in South Africa was attempting to save children

A tourist has died after being trampled to death whilst on a safari in South Africa’s Kruger National Park. The incident occurred near Crocodile River at Malelane Gate.

The 59-year-old man, identified as Shaik Adam Shabir Ammed, was reportedly trying to save a group of children who were being charged by a wayward elephant.

In a statement, the South African national parks agency SANParks said: “Initial eyewitness accounts indicate that the family parked close to the Malelane reception area and the children ran past the bridge into the bush whereupon an individual elephant from a nearby…