An elephant was filmed shattering the windshield of a bus
A hair-raising video shows the moment an angry elephant charged at a bus in Tamil Nadu, shattering its windshield. The incident took place on Saturday morning when the government bus was taking government employees from Kotagiri to Mettupalayam. daily mail. Footage filmed by a passenger inside the bus showed the elephant charging onto the windshield and breaking the glass with its teeth as the passengers screamed in shock.
Not satisfied with just breaking the windscreen, the elephant rears its head as if to attack once again. At this point, the driver gets up and takes all the passengers to the back of the bus.
The video was shared on Twitter by Supriya Sahu, Principal Secretary, Environment, Climate Change and Forests in the Government of Tamil Nadu, who praised the driver for keeping a calm head in the tense situation.
Sharing the clip, Ms Sahu wrote, “Great respect to the driver of this government bus in the Nilgiris, who kept himself calm even under the horrific hit on the bus.” “They helped passengers get back safely in an incident this morning. That’s why they say a calm mind works wonders,” she said.
Much respect to the driver of this government bus in the Nilgiris, who also lost his cool in the horrific collision of the bus with an agitated elephant. He helped passengers to go back safely in an incident this morning. That’s why they say a calm mind works wonders VC- By a friend pic.twitter.com/SGb3yqUWqK
— Supriya Sahu IAS (@supriyasahuias) September 25, 2021
The elephant eventually drove away without causing further damage to the bus.
Meanwhile, footage of the elephant attack has been viewed nearly 70,000 times on Twitter, prompting shocking reactions.
Many people praised the driver’s understanding
Wisdom readiness.. ????????
The drivers need this courage and coolness to deal with such situations.
When an animal conflict is too risky to overturn the bus in the ghat section but still he handled it in a mature manner. ????????
TNSTC can be proud of its drivers
— Satish Kumar (@saysatheesh) September 25, 2021
Extraordinarily brilliant help of travelers using higher presence of mind, what a genius!!!
— Veera Raghav Pandian (@RaghavaPandian) September 26, 2021
A Twitter user shared a video of an elephant taken from a different angle.
Frm opposite angle..
Initially he assumed he could bypass Tusker and move on..Jumbo triggered..imho pic.twitter.com/6XcL6T1no0— dr.gb (@geebeeigwt) September 25, 2021
Others expressed concern over the growing human-wildlife conflict
Well gone for this time. Why are there no corridors so that the elephant can walk or cross in peace? Try to respect the elephants, we invaded their land!
— pepefornature (@nature_pepe) September 25, 2021
Last year, a Video What went viral on Twitter showed an elephant charging on a two-wheeler, forcing its riders to abandon the vehicle and flee.
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