Watch: A Wild tusker pushes passenger bus in Odisha, breaks window

Tribune Web Desk

Chandigarh, January 11

On Sunday morning, a wild elephant was caught on camera as he chased and pushed a passenger bus for a few metres in the northern Odisha district of Mayurbhanj. The angry tusker left passengers of the bus terified as they prayed for their lives.

A video of the incident has gone viral on Twitter. In the video, one can see the furious tusker running behind the bus and then pushing it for a few minutes before the driver finally speeds off. The bus was coming from Balasore district and came across the wrathful elephant at Tikapada village in Rasagovindpur area of Mayurbhanj district on Sunday.

Here’s the video:

Angry tusker attacks passenger bus in Odisha’s Mayurbhanj district on Sunday morning. Passengers had a miraculous escape. pic.twitter.com/683IlLZf0B

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A local bypasser saw the wild animal rushing behind the bus and recorded the incident on his mobile phone. According to him, the elephant also broke a window of the bus but thankfully no one was injured. 

The onlookers from a distance feared that the elephant might turn the bus turtle. Everyone was worried.