Odisha: Tribal woman trampled to death by elephant

BARIPADA: A tribal woman was trampled to death on Friday by an elephant in

Kakarpani

jungle in the foothills of

Similipal National Park

under

Baripada

Forest Division.

Forest officials said the 60-year-old victim was attacked when she had gone to Kakarpani forest to collect medicinal roots for the treatment of cows.

Another woman accompanying her managed to flee and saved herself.

Forest officials have recovered the woman's body from the forest and have identified her.