webfact Posted November 14, 2017 Share Posted November 14, 2017 Soldier killed in Phetchaburi elephant stampede By Anan Khongcharoen The Nation A soldier helping Phetchaburi farmers drive elephants off their cropland was killed by one of the animals on Monday. Residents of Tambon Padeng in Kaeng Krachan district were horrified to learn that Master Sergeant Supachat Khaengraeng, a 34-year-old member of the Thappraya Sua Task Force, had died from injuries inflicted by an elephant. The Kanchanaburi native was run over while he and his team and local volunteers and park officials were driving off a herd of elephants in Ban Pa Deng (Moo 3). Supachat was rushed to Kaeng Krachan Hospital, where he succumbed to his injuries. The herd was back in the same village later on Monday, circling the scene of the attack for 30 minutes before returning to the forest. Resident Pongpanich Thaicharoen, who witnessed the tragedy, believed that Supachat had been attacked because the herd was being confronted on two sides. He and his neighbours did not know that officials just across the provincial border in Prachuap Khiri Khan were using firecrackers to drive the same herd off farmland and into the woods. Caught in the middle, the elephants panicked and stampeded, and Supachat was crushed in the chaos, Pongpanich said. He offered condolences to the officer’s family on behalf of the tambon’s residents. Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/detail/breakingnews/30331572 -- © Copyright The Nation 2017-11-14 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ratcatcher Posted November 14, 2017 Share Posted November 14, 2017 Elephants rule!!! RIP to Master Sergeant Supachat Khaengraeng, just helping and doing a job. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marquis22 Posted November 15, 2017 Share Posted November 15, 2017 23 hours ago, ratcatcher said: Elephants rule!!! RIP to Master Sergeant Supachat Khaengraeng, just helping and doing a job. Sounds like human error to me, so hope the vigilantes don't go after the elephants?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cadbury Posted November 15, 2017 Share Posted November 15, 2017 I wouldn't think elephants and firecrackers are a good mix. Especially when there are villagers on one flank and officials coming in on another flank to pincer the elephant herd to drive them off. Throw in some fireworks and presto we have an elephant stampede. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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