Elephant killed in Spanish circus truck crash

 

Emergency crews attend to the scene, after a circus truck carrying elephants crashed, in Pozo Canada, Spain April 2, 2018 in this image obtained from social media. Twitter/Policia Local Albacete via REUTERS

 

MADRID (Reuters) - One elephant died and two others were injured when a circus truck carrying five of the animals crashed in southeastern Spain on Monday, authorities said.

 

Video footage showed emergency services using a crane to winch one of the animals from the road in Pozo Canada, in the province of Albacete, as others wandered loose.

 

Civil Guard police tweeted a photo of a uniformed official standing in front of two of the roving animals, and wrote:

 

"Our Albacete traffic comrades today, attending to some elephants who were victims of an accident in Pozo Canada (unfortunately one of the pachyderms died)."

 

The head of the government's traffic department, Gregorio Serrano, said on Twitter that early indications suggested the truck had overturned as it tried to overtake another vehicle.

 

(Reporting by Isla Binnie, editing by David Evans)

 

-- © Copyright Reuters 2018-04-03

What the hell is an elephant doing in Spain?

Haven’t people had enough of travelling circus acts & zoo’s?

Put idiot people on display instead. Thats much more entertaining! IE., American Walmarts.

27 minutes ago, SpicyMeatball said:

...Put idiot people on display instead. Thats much more entertaining! IE., American Walmarts.

I was in Walmart the other day and almost got run over by an elephant riding around on a electric cart.

48 minutes ago, SpicyMeatball said:

What the hell is an elephant doing in Spain?

Haven’t people had enough of travelling circus acts & zoo’s?

Put idiot people on display instead. Thats much more entertaining! IE., American Walmarts.

Only the PC liberal elite care about circuses.